Claude outages hit users as Anthropic tops App Store charts

Anthropic’s Claude is experiencing a widespread outage this morning, with thousands reporting problems accessing Claude services. The issues affect Claude.ai and Claude Code, while the Claude API appears to be functioning as expected. The company notes the problems are related to Claude.ai and its login/logout paths, and says it has identified a root cause and is working on a fix.

The outage comes as Claude recently surged in popularity, rising to the top of the US App Store charts after weeks below the top 20 and ahead of rivals like ChatGPT. The spike in users has occurred amid broader headlines surrounding Anthropic's dealings with the Pentagon.

Separately, U.S. President Donald Trump directed federal agencies to stop using Anthropic products over safeguards for preventing mass domestic surveillance or autonomous weapons, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he would designate the company as a supply-chain threat, though Anthropic says it has not received formal notices.

Anthropic has not disclosed the cause publicly but says the issue has been identified and a fix is in progress, with the status page promising updates as engineers work to restore full service.

For users, the outage is a reminder that even popular AI tools can encounter disruptions, but the API's operation suggests the problem is localized to login pathways rather than the underlying AI models.

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