Claude is down for many — here's everything we know as Anthropic confirms an active issue

If you've been trying to chat with Claude on the web, iOS, Android, or desktop and have been greeted with a "Request couldn't be processed.

<![CDATA[ <article> <div class="live-content"><p>If you've been trying to chat with Claude on the web, iOS, Android, or desktop and have been greeted with a "Request couldn't be processed. You can try again." message, you're not alone.</p><p>Claude, Anthropic's AI chatbot, appears to be having some issues this AM, starting shortly before 10 AM ET on September 20, 2026, with Down Detector currently showing over 2,900 reported issues as of 10:04 AM ET. I've been chatting with Claude this AM, but began getting errors shortly after 10:10 AM ET in the macOS app, and I'm subscribed to Pro.</p><p>TechRadar's Matthew Bolton has been trying to sign up for a Claude account for the past few minutes and has been met with errors, putting him in an endless loop and leaving him without access to the service.</p><p>Anthropic has actively confirmed the issue as of 10:21 AM ET on the C<a href="https://status.claude.com" target="_blank">laude Status page</a>, noting it's 'investigating elevated error rates affecting' Claude, Claude Cowork, and Claude Code. For what it's worth, Claude is now listed as a partial outage as well.</p><p>So, to track the ongoing issues with Claude this AM, TechRadar is spinning up a live blog, so follow along.</p></div><div class="live-content"><time datetime="2026-09-29T14:30:12+00:00">September 29, 2026 – 10:30 AM</time><h2 id="anthropic-39-s-confirmed-an-active-issue-with-claude">Anthropic's confirmed an active issue with Claude</h2><p>About 20 minutes or so after we saw reports on Down Detector of a spike with Claude and encountered our own issues using the AI chatbot, Anthropic has confirmed an active issue. And it's a similar one that's been written in the past.</p><p>Right now, Anthropic is "investigating elevated error rates affecting Claude.ai (including the desktop and mobile apps), Claude Code and Claude Cowork." That makes sense, given the errors we've seen Claude respond with. There is no estimated time for a fix, but here's the full statement:</p><p><strong>"Investigating</strong> - We are investigating elevated error rates affecting Claude.ai (including the desktop and mobile apps), Claude Code and Claude Cowork. Users may see failed requests, errors loading or sending conversations, or be asked to sign in again; retrying may succeed. We will provide an update as soon as possible."</p></div> </article> ]]>