Anthropic reported a service disruption earlier today affecting its APIs, Console, and the Claude AI assistant. Users on platforms like GitHub and Hacker News began noticing issues with Claude around 12:20 ET, prompting the company to issue a status update eight minutes later confirming that its core services were down. In a statement, Anthropic acknowledged the outage, clarifying that the disruption occurred shortly before 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time. “We’re aware of a very brief outage of our API today shortly before 9:30am PT,” an Anthropic spokesperson told TechCrunch. “Service was quickly restored.” The company confirmed that multiple systems— including the API, the Console interface, and the Claude AI—were impacted during the incident. By the time of this report, Anthropic said it had rolled out several fixes and was actively monitoring system performance to ensure stability. This is not the first time Anthropic has faced technical issues with its platform. In recent months, the company has experienced a string of bugs and outages related to Claude and its underlying models, raising concerns among users who rely on the AI for development, research, and daily workflows. As the platform went offline, users on social and developer forums reacted with a mix of frustration and humor. One GitHub user noted that the software engineering community was suddenly left without AI assistance, forcing a return to manual coding. Another shared a popular joke from a previous outage: “Nooooo I’m going to have to use my brain again and write 100% of my code like a caveman from December 2024.” Despite the brief disruption, Anthropic emphasized that the issue was resolved quickly and that services are now functioning normally. The company continues to work on improving reliability as demand for its AI tools grows.