# Is Claude down? Users of AI chatbot report major outage > Source: > Published: 2026-06-18 08:29:42+00:00 # Is Claude down? Users of AI chatbot report major outage [Claude](/topic/claude), the AI chatbot developed by[Anthropic](/topic/anthropic), has experienced an[outage](/topic/outage)affecting thousands of users on Thursday.- Downdetector recorded over 2,000 complaints, with users reporting that the chat feature was not working and servers appeared to be down. - Claude's official status page reports a partial outage. - Anthropic said at 8.41am GMT: “We have identified the cause of the issue affecting Claude.ai and are working on a fix. We will provide an update as soon as possible.” *More to follow.*