Claude Code Outage Affects Developers

As dependence on AI tools in the technology world increases with each passing day, the impact of disruptions in these systems is also becoming more pronounced. Claude Code, the coding assistant developed by Anthropic that has become an important tool for developers, became unavailable today due to a widespread outage.

Details and Impact of the Outage

Users reported encountering a 500 error when trying to access Claude Code. Anthropic confirmed in a statement that high error rates were observed in APIs covering all Claude models. The outage directly affected the developer community, which relies on this tool to accelerate software development processes.

The company stated that it quickly identified the root cause of the problem, applied a fix within approximately 20 minutes, and restored service to normal. However, even this short period caused an unexpected pause in the production workflow for many professionals.

Back-to-Back Technical Issues

This incident was recorded as an unusual situation for the Claude ecosystem. Claude Code is actively used by a wide developer base, including Microsoft's AI teams. The day before the outage, some errors were also experienced with the Claude Opus 4.5 model. Additionally, it is known that the company resolved issues with its AI credit purchase system earlier this week.

Such outages once again highlight the importance of organizations that integrate their business processes with AI tools developing backup plans for potential disruptions. System management solutions like the MCP Registry announced by Kong for managing AI tools can play a role in reducing similar operational risks.

With the service returning to normal, it was reported that users can access Claude Code again. This incident also brings with it discussions about the reliability and continuity of AI-based services.