Users are reporting widespread outages with Claude Code and Claude.ai, with login failures and slow performance affecting many subscribers. Anthropic acknowledged the issues, stating they're investigating login problems and degraded performance, though the Claude API remains unaffected.

Some developers have turned to alternatives like OpenAI's GPT-5.4 on Codex, which offers a more generous $20 tier and reportedly better performance for certain use cases. The outage has frustrated developers working against deadlines, with some questioning whether their subscription time will be extended.

This latest disruption highlights the growing pains of AI coding tools as companies push rapid development. The outage affects more than just login issues - the API itself has stopped and kicked users out of sessions. As developers increasingly rely on these tools for coding assistance, service stability becomes critical. Some are exploring offline alternatives like LMStudio paired with editors like Zed, though these lack the sophistication of cloud-based solutions. The incident underscores the fragility of depending on single AI providers when outages can halt entire development workflows.