Quick answer: Anthropic is investigating a partial Claude Console outage on October 7, 2026 that affects usage data on platform.claude.com and the Admin API usage report. Anthropic’s status page says core functionality is not affected. Claude.ai, the Claude API, Claude Code, Cowork and Claude for Government are listed as operational while the Claude Console is marked as a partial outage.
What is affected right now?
The active incident is centered on usage reporting rather than normal conversations or API inference. Anthropic says users may see elevated errors when loading the Usage page in the Claude Console or when requesting usage reports through the Admin API.
This distinction matters for teams that monitor token consumption, budgets or organization-level usage. A broken usage page can make it harder to confirm recent consumption, but it does not mean Claude itself is completely offline.
What still works?
At the time of this update, Anthropic lists the following services as operational: claude.ai, the Claude API, Claude Code, Claude Cowork and Claude for Government. The Claude Console is the component showing a partial outage.
If you can still send messages, run Claude Code or call the Messages API, that is consistent with Anthropic’s own status report. The incident is narrower than a full platform outage.
When did the incident start?
Anthropic posted the current incident at 13:25 UTC on October 7. The company said it was investigating elevated errors affecting usage data. Earlier the same day, a separate usage-data incident was resolved after many requests to the Usage page and Admin API usage report returned errors between roughly 00:00 UTC and 01:40 UTC.
That means October 7 has seen two usage-reporting disruptions, even though the primary Claude services remained available.
What should administrators do?
If your organization depends on usage reports, avoid treating a missing or delayed number as proof that no usage occurred. Wait for Anthropic to resolve the incident and re-check the affected reporting pages before making billing or quota decisions.
For urgent monitoring, administrators can record the time of any failed usage-report requests and compare them after the incident is resolved. Teams should also avoid repeatedly retrying automated reporting jobs at very high frequency, which can create unnecessary noise while the service is degraded.
Is the Claude API down?
No, not according to Anthropic’s current status page. The Claude API is listed as operational and Anthropic explicitly says core functionality is not affected. This article should therefore not be interpreted as a report of a full Claude outage.
How to check the latest status
The safest source is Anthropic’s official status page because the incident can change quickly. If Anthropic moves the incident from investigating to identified, monitoring or resolved, the scope and recommended action may change.
AVARIXO will keep this page focused on the usage-reporting issue rather than mixing it with unrelated Claude incidents.
Frequently asked questions
Why is Claude usage data not loading?
Anthropic says it is investigating elevated errors affecting the Usage page and the Admin API usage report on platform.claude.com.
Can I still use Claude?
Yes, according to the current official status. Claude.ai and the Claude API are listed as operational, along with Claude Code, Cowork and Claude for Government.
Is billing data lost?
Anthropic has not said that usage data is permanently lost. The reported problem concerns loading usage data, so administrators should wait for the official resolution before drawing conclusions from missing recent figures.
Where can I check the incident?
Use Anthropic’s official service-status page for the latest update.
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