---
title: "Is Claude API down right now? Live status, or is it you?"
url: "https://kilobat.app/is-claude-api-down"
description: "Claude API not loading? See Anthropic’s status page live, then tell an outage from your own Wi-Fi, DNS or network, with Kilobat’s free Mac checks."
---

Is it down? · AI apps and model providers

# Is Claude API down right now?

The card here reads Anthropic’s status page live. If it reports no problems, the fault is probably on your side, and Kilobat finds where.

Official status: [status.claude.com ↗](https://status.claude.com)

[Download for Mac ↓](https://kilobat.app/downloads/Kilobat-1.33.1.dmg?via=site)

```
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat
```

Claude API

Anthropic · status.claude.com

Live status

This card reads Anthropic’s status page live when JavaScript is on. If nothing appears, open the page below.

[Open status.claude.com ↗](https://status.claude.com)

## Sound familiar?

- “Is Claude API down, or is it just me?”
- “Claude API won’t load, but everything else does.”
- “Claude API keeps retrying. Is it my connection?”
- “Should I restart the router, or wait it out?”

## Your connection, or their outage?

What you notice says a lot about which side the problem is on. Kilobat checks both sides and says which.

1. ### Only Claude API fails; everything else loads

   An outage at Anthropic, or something on the path to it only: DNS, a VPN or proxy, a blocked host.

   Why can’t it connect? checks every layer to api.anthropic.com, then Anthropic’s status page. If the page reports an outage and nothing on your side failed, it says “Claude API is down for everyone, not you”. Free:
2. ### Claude API fails on this network, but works on mobile data

   This network: an office, school, hotel or country rule, or its DNS.

   Kilobat compares this network’s DNS with one encrypted lookup and tests the secure connection, then says “looks blocked on this network, not down”, with what it measured. Free:
3. ### Everything is slow, Claude API included

   Your own line: Wi-Fi, the router, your provider or DNS. Not Claude API.

   Router and internet latency side by side show whether your own line is slow. Pro names the failing link, Wi-Fi, router, internet or DNS, with a fix. Free: Pro:
4. ### Requests to Claude API keep failing in the background

   An outage at Anthropic, while your line is fine.

   One notification per incident, such as “Claude Code: Anthropic reports an outage — not your connection”, and the MCP tool `service_status` for agents. Free:
5. ### Anthropic’s status page is green, but Claude API still fails

   The path from your Mac to Claude API: DNS, a VPN or proxy, IPv6, or the server’s answer.

   “Claude API’s status page reports no problems”, then the layer that broke and what to try next. Free:

## Six links between you and Claude API.

Claude API loads only if every step works. A status page covers the last one; Kilobat checks the five before it too.

1. **Your Mac**A VPN, proxy or app in the way
2. **Wi-Fi**Signal, noise and band
3. **Router**Latency and loss to it
4. **Provider**Latency and loss beyond it
5. **DNS**Whether api.anthropic.com resolves, and how fast
6. **Claude API**Anthropic’s status page, read live

Why can’t it connect? Free:

## One check, both sides.

Name Claude API and Kilobat checks your Wi-Fi, DNS, VPN and proxy, the connection and the server’s answer, then asks Anthropic’s status page. When the page reports an outage and nothing on your side failed, the verdict leads with it. When your Mac is the problem, it says so first.

Terminal

```
# Is it them? Anthropic’s status page
$ kilobat down anthropic-api
# Or me? Every layer from this Mac to Claude API
$ kilobat why api.anthropic.com
```

**Why can’t it connect?** Kilobat tests the request and path the app itself uses, its own proxy, IPv6 and tunnels included, and names the layer that broke.

What Kilobat watches

## How Kilobat knows it’s Claude API.

Kilobat matches apps and sites to the right status page by bundle ID and domain, so a failing Claude API points at Anthropic’s status page, not a guess.

### Status page

[status.claude.com](https://status.claude.com), run by Anthropic

### Sites and hosts

- `api.anthropic.com`
- `platform.claude.com`
- `console.anthropic.com`

### Counts only

- Claude API
- Claude Console

Anthropic’s page splits claude.ai, Claude Code and the Claude API into components. Kilobat counts the Claude API and the Console.

The same status page also covers [Claude](https://kilobat.app/is-claude-down) and [Claude Code](https://kilobat.app/is-claude-code-down).

## What’s free, and what Pro adds

### Free, for good Free:

- Is it them or me? Status pages for 72 services, Claude API included
- The outage at the top of Health, and in a connection check
- A notification per outage while an app keeps failing
- Whether the calling service had an outage, on every call card
- `kilobat down`, `kilobat why` and the MCP tool `service_status`
- Blocked on this network, or not available in your region, said as measured

### Pro, $29 once Pro:

- Findings with a fix for router, DNS and login-page trouble
- Possible causes of call freezes
- Outage and latency history for your own line
- Signal radar and channel crowding

Pro is $29 once for two Macs, with a 7-day free trial and 14-day refunds. [Free for students](https://kilobat.app/students).

## Questions

**Is Claude API down right now?**

The official answer is Anthropic’s status page, [status.claude.com](https://status.claude.com), which Anthropic’s team updates. The card at the top of this page reads it live in your browser and repeats only what it says.

**Why does Claude API work for other people but not for me?**

When Anthropic’s status page reports no problems, the cause is usually on your side or on the way: your Wi-Fi or router, your provider, DNS, a VPN or proxy, or a network that blocks it. Try mobile data: if Claude API works there, your network is the problem. Kilobat checks each of these and names the one that failed.

**What does Kilobat check for Claude API?**

Connections to Claude API, and the sites api.anthropic.com, platform.claude.com, console.anthropic.com, matched to Anthropic’s status page, counting only the components Claude API, Claude Console. It checks your own line first, then asks the page.

**Will Kilobat tell me when Claude API has an outage?**

Yes. When Claude API keeps failing to connect while your own line is fine, and Anthropic’s status page reports trouble, you get one notification per incident. Turn it off in Settings.

**Does Anthropic’s status page cover all of Claude API?**

Anthropic’s page splits claude.ai, Claude Code and the Claude API into components. Kilobat counts the Claude API and the Console.

**Does it send anything about me?**

No. It sends a plain request to the status page, with no cookies and nothing about you, your network or your apps. Read the [privacy notice](https://kilobat.app/privacy).

**Is it free?**

Yes: the status checks, the notifications and Why can’t it connect? are free. Kilobat Pro, $29 once, adds findings with a fix for your own network, possible causes of call freezes and history.

## Other services Kilobat checks

- [Is Claude down?](https://kilobat.app/is-claude-down)
- [Is Claude Code down?](https://kilobat.app/is-claude-code-down)
- [Is ChatGPT down?](https://kilobat.app/is-chatgpt-down)
- [Is Codex down?](https://kilobat.app/is-codex-down)
- [Is OpenAI API down?](https://kilobat.app/is-openai-api-down)
- [Is Vertex AI down?](https://kilobat.app/is-vertex-ai-down)
- [Is Gemini Code Assist down?](https://kilobat.app/is-gemini-code-assist-down)
- [Is Mistral down?](https://kilobat.app/is-mistral-down)
- [Is Groq down?](https://kilobat.app/is-groq-down)
- [Is Cohere down?](https://kilobat.app/is-cohere-down)

[All 72 services, live](https://kilobat.app/service-status) · [How Kilobat tells an outage from your connection](https://kilobat.app/is-it-down) · [Slow internet on a Mac](https://kilobat.app/slow-internet-mac)

## Sources

- [Anthropic’s status page](https://status.claude.com)
- [Anthropic’s status page: the feed Kilobat reads](https://status.claude.com/api/v2/summary.json)

Checked on 6 November 2026.

## Next time Claude API stalls, know whose problem it is.

[Download for Mac ↓](https://kilobat.app/downloads/Kilobat-1.33.1.dmg?via=site)

```
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat
```