Ask HN: Is Claude Down for You?

#1

Post by philip1209 » Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC

Nothing on the status page.

Re: Ask HN: Is Claude Down for You?

#2

Post by TOMDM » Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC

API error 500 :(

#3

Post by bbuff27 » Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC

Came here to ask the same

#4

Post by pqdbr » Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC

Yes, Internal server error as of 5 minutes ago.

#5

Post by s-macke » Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC

Yes, it is down for me too. Germany.

> API Error: 500 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Internal server error"},"request_id":"req_xxxxxx"}

#6

Post by abigail95 » Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 10:16 PM UTC

Time to figure out how to use Gemini

#7

Post by winwang » Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 10:16 PM UTC

Honestly, I was hoping to take a nap sometime soon, lmao! As good a time as ever (was working on some claude code scaffolding anyway.)

#8

Post by RickS » Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC

Yes, same generic 500 that s-macke posted and it's spiking on downdetector.

#9

Post by guluarte » Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC

yep, restarting claude fixed it

#10

Post by beredon » Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 10:19 PM UTC

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