Promised uptime vs actual

35 vendors · 99 services

Claude API Priority Tier SLA

Anthropic · AI models · promises up to 99.5% · checked 47d ago

18 major outages in the last 365 days: 4.3 d counted, 98.809% observed against the 99.5% Priority Tier (existing commitments only).

4 of 12 months fell below it (credits are claimed per month).

Last 90 days: 69 min counted, 99.946% observed.

Incidents, last 365 days

DegradedOct 27, 2026
Elevated errors for Claude Sonnet 5.5
A partial outage or slowdown on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 41 min, not counted as downtime.
13 days ago
DegradedOct 27, 2026
Elevated errors for Claude Sonnet 5.5
A partial outage or slowdown on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 42 min, not counted as downtime.
13 days ago
DegradedOct 25, 2026
Elevated errors for Claude Fable 5.1
A partial outage or slowdown on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 32 min, not counted as downtime.
2 weeks ago
DegradedOct 25, 2026
Elevated errors for Claude Sonnet 5.5 and other models
A partial outage or slowdown on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 99 min, not counted as downtime.
2 weeks ago
DegradedOct 24, 2026
Elevated errors for Claude Fable 5 and Claude Fable 5.1
A partial outage or slowdown on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 37 min, not counted as downtime.
2 weeks ago
DegradedOct 24, 2026
Elevated errors for Claude Opus 5.5
A partial outage or slowdown on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 6 min, not counted as downtime.
2 weeks ago
OutageOct 23, 2026
Elevated errors for Claude Fable 5.1, Sonnet 5.5, and Haiku 5.5
A major outage on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 34 min, counted as downtime.
2 weeks ago
MinorOct 21, 2026
Degraded performance for Claude Fable 5
A minor incident on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 40 min, not counted as downtime.
2 weeks ago
DegradedOct 6, 2026
Elevated errors for Claude Opus 5.5
A partial outage or slowdown on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 19 min, not counted as downtime.
4 weeks ago
DegradedOct 5, 2026
Elevated errors for Claude Mythos 5.1 and Claude Fable 5.1
A partial outage or slowdown on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 16 min, not counted as downtime.
5 weeks ago
MinorOct 1, 2026
Delayed credits on the Claude Platform
A minor incident on Claude Console (platform.claude.com), Claude API (api.anthropic.com) for 6.3 h, not counted as downtime.
5 weeks ago
DegradedSep 29, 2026
Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, Claude Cowork and the Claude API
A partial outage or slowdown on claude.ai, Claude Console (platform.claude.com), Claude API (api.anthropic.com) and 2 more for 2.1 h, not counted as downtime.
5 weeks ago
DegradedSep 22, 2026
Elevated errors for multiple models
A partial outage or slowdown on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 98 min, not counted as downtime.
6 weeks ago
DegradedSep 15, 2026
Intermittent error spikes for Claude Mythos 5.1 and Claude Fable 5.1
A partial outage or slowdown on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 86 min, not counted as downtime.
7 weeks ago
DegradedSep 11, 2026
Elevated errors for Claude Mythos 5.1 and Claude Fable 5.1
A partial outage or slowdown on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 17 min, not counted as downtime.
8 weeks ago
MinorSep 10, 2026
Elevated latency on the Claude API for some users
A minor incident on Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Cowork for 1.7 h, not counted as downtime.
2 months ago
DegradedSep 3, 2026
Elevated errors for multiple models
A partial outage or slowdown on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 3 h, not counted as downtime.
2 months ago
DegradedSep 3, 2026
Elevated errors for Claude Sonnet 5
A partial outage or slowdown on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 19 min, not counted as downtime.
2 months ago
DegradedSep 2, 2026
Elevated errors for Claude Sonnet 5
A partial outage or slowdown on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 26 min, not counted as downtime.
2 months ago
DegradedAug 24, 2026
Elevated errors for multiple models
A partial outage or slowdown on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 3.4 h, not counted as downtime.
2 months ago
DegradedAug 20, 2026
Elevated errors on requests to multiple models
A partial outage or slowdown on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 26 min, not counted as downtime.
2 months ago
MinorAug 20, 2026
Elevated errors on Google connectors
A minor incident on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 29 min, not counted as downtime.
2 months ago
MinorAug 19, 2026
Degraded performance for Claude Opus 5 and Claude Haiku 4.5
A minor incident on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 80 min, not counted as downtime.
2 months ago
MinorAug 18, 2026
Degraded performance for multiple models
A minor incident on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 2.7 h, not counted as downtime.
2 months ago
MinorAug 17, 2026
Degraded performance for Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5
A minor incident on claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 more for 93 min, not counted as downtime.
2 months ago

Latest 25 of 60.

Major outage time per month

Allowed per month: 3.6 h

Commitments and credits

99.5%
Priority Tier (existing commitments only)
Organizations with an existing Priority Tier capacity commitment (input TPM + output TPM, 1/3/6/12 months, specific model). No longer sold.
Credit: No credit schedule published

SLA changes

SLA page changedUnverifiedOct 23, 2026
Claude API Priority Tier
Updated model support list and clarified service tier descriptions.
2 weeks agoPage
From the change logSep 23, 2026
Claude API Priority Tier
Priority Tier moved from a purchasable offer ('Get started with Priority Tier ... Higher availability: Target 99.5% uptime', still present in the 2025-11-11 snapshot) to 'no longer available for purchase' for new commitments. The 99.5% target is unchanged. Exact change date unknown; after 2025-11-11, observed 2026-09-23.
6 weeks agoSource

More in ai models

Terms, exclusions and sources
Measured
Stated as a target, not a contractual SLA; measurement window not published.
Not covered
Target only; no service-credit schedule published; Requests beyond committed capacity fall back to standard tier; Not supported on Claude Fable 5.1, Mythos 5.1/5/Preview, Opus 5.5, Opus 5, Sonnet 5; Requests exceeding regular rate limits are declined
Status history
Status history since Sep 22, 2025
Priority Tier targets 99.5% uptime with prioritized computational resources. Requests beyond your committed capacity automatically fall back to standard tier.
Anthropic, SLA. Read the SLA

Page banner (fetched 2026-09-23): 'Priority Tier capacity commitments are no longer available for purchase. Organizations with an existing commitment can continue to use Priority Tier through their contract end date'. For guaranteed capacity it points to contact sales. The 99.5% figure is worded as a target, not an SLA with credits.

All Anthropic SLAsHow this is measured