Thousands of users faced issues with Anthropic's AI assistant Claude and a brief Yahoo outage on Wednesday.
Claude's 500 API error was reported across claude.ai, the web interface, Claude Code, and related services.
Anthropic shared an update on its server status page, stating that the issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
Users can try the following troubleshooting steps:
- Check the official status page at status.claude.com
- Basic refresh and retry
- Try incognito/private browsing mode
- Clear cache and restart
- Force-close and relaunch the app or browser
- Restart your device and router
- Switch Networks / Disable VPN
- Use alternatives or fallbacks
Anthropic has not provided a specific ETA for full resolution today, but most major outages have been resolved within 2–10 hours once identified.
Yahoo experienced a brief outage on Wednesday, with users unable to access mail and AOL services.
