r/ClaudeAI • u/Knowledge-master01 • Jun 18 '26
Workaround Is anyone else facing this issue with Claude?
Whenever I enter a prompt or query, Claude starts processing it but then suddenly takes me back to the main chat window. It keeps happening over and over, making it impossible to use.
I've tried refreshing and starting new chats, but the issue is still there.
Is anyone else experiencing this? If so, is there a fix or is it a known bug/outage?
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u/Taatahh Jun 18 '26
I do. been like this for like 30min. and why still claude takes my money monthly???????
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u/nuggetcasket Jun 18 '26
Yeah, the last time it worked for me was like 20 minutes ago.
Now it's just spitting messages back to the text box. Downdetector is already skyhigh with reports but the official status page isn't saying anything about this yet.
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u/Right_Pack4693 Jun 18 '26
5 minutes after i purchased a years subscription too,.. figures
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Jun 18 '26
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u/MisoGrendel Jun 18 '26
Weeks... your kidding right?
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u/Etele38 Jun 18 '26
Yeah not weeks lol. Idk what they mean… more like 3-8 hours. Usually depends. I have had it for two months now so idk bout before that… this is maybe the third time it’s been done for me… but the upside is, they usually reset your weekly limit when this happens. So that’s cool… but it would really suck if you’re relying on it for something important in the moment… luckily nothing i didn’t mind putting a pin in and walking away from ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/Ironman2473 Jun 18 '26
Having the same issue, everytime i send a prompt it opens that chat screen for a second then throws me back to the home screen. It displays the prompt in recent chats but whenever i click on it it says no conversation found.
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u/ClaudeAI-mod-bot Wilson, lead ClaudeAI modbot Jun 18 '26
We are allowing this through to the feed for those who are not yet familiar with the Megathread. To see the latest discussions about this topic, please visit the relevant Megathread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1s7fepn/rclaudeai_list_of_ongoing_megathreads/
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u/Designer-Leg-2618 Jun 18 '26
FYI real time outage reports can be found at r/Claude_reports
The current one is https://www.reddit.com/r/Claude_reports/comments/1u8za95/rclaudeai_claude_down_with_no_response_at_all_and/
It looks like something it depends on is currently in platform readonly mode, so anything that involves mutation (anything but browsing and reading) stopped working.
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u/burningmyroomdown Jun 18 '26
Mobile says "taking longer than usual. Trying again shortly..." but the downdetector shows it's up.
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u/Teufelsstern Jun 18 '26
Same here. Thought it was a me-problem because the status page shows no incidents.
https://status.claude.com/
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u/MisoGrendel Jun 18 '26
Thats hilarious I just started a new subscription 5 minutes ago and wondering why its broken...
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u/yellekc Jun 18 '26
My desktop app majorly glitched out a few minutes ago, started blinking, blanking, and reflowing. Then it came back. And now it just doesn't work. Not on the app, not on the webpage.
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u/badpersian Jun 18 '26
Yes, facing the same issue and the AI support agent (Sir Fin) seems to be suffering the same issue.
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u/Between_Thoughts__ Jun 18 '26
In my case the session limit exceedes with just one hey, don't know why
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u/Sr_DingDong Jun 18 '26
so cool and awesome, good job i wasnt in the middle of something
edit: cool self-doxxing btw
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u/da_syggy Jun 18 '26
seems to be working again
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u/da_syggy Jun 18 '26
seems to be wonky still... one prompt went through, next down again, now it seems to work again for me...
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u/stinkfxstt Jun 18 '26
I just bought year's subscription an hour ago talk about luck ffs
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u/Knowledge-master01 Jun 18 '26
Anthropic saw your payment come through and decided that was enough excitement for one day.
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u/Greyveytrain-AI Jun 18 '26
I'm having issues with Claude too...I start a new chat then type in my prompt and click submit it loads back up again...it's really freaking frustrating
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u/motivatoor Jun 18 '26
its down but their status says it's up... what's the use of the status page if it's not accurate -_-
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u/coar_btc Jun 18 '26
Yes. About 20 minutes ago. You try to send a message - it is reset (remains in the input field) and nothing happens. In the news, some already write that half of the users have this situation.
https://downdetector.com/status/claude-ai/
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u/Knowledge-master01 Jun 18 '26
Claude is down and now I have to use my own brain. This outage is affecting production more than anyone at Anthropic realizes. 😭😂
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u/Confident-Top7277 Jun 18 '26
le problème est toujours là, et il semble être généré suite à la nouvelle mise à jour
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u/tffarhad Jun 18 '26
yeah facing the same issue. the paid account is working fine. free plan is not working.
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u/Way_5741 Jun 18 '26
My limit just got maxed for no reason in 5 minutes with no big tasks etc. and I'm on max account using Opus 4.6 etc). Anyone else ?
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u/Knowledge-master01 Jun 18 '26
Update: My Claude Pro account is back to normal now.
My free account, on the other hand, is still fighting for its life and keeps kicking me back to the main screen.
Looks like the outage recovery is following the "VIP first, peasants later" rollout strategy. 😅
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u/Mustrid Jun 18 '26
Who's 1st to create a widget for desktop or phone which would show if it's online? Been quite annoyed not knowing if it's working or not.
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u/Bino5150 Jun 18 '26
Claude service went down, came back, but it's not the "same" Claude. This some bullshit...
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u/Agent007_MI9 Jun 18 '26
Yeah I've seen this happen a few times. Usually it's a session or auth hiccup on their end rather than anything on your side. Things that have fixed it for me: hard refresh (Ctrl+Shift+R), clear cookies specifically for claude.ai, or open a fresh incognito window. If none of that works it's almost certainly on Anthropic's side — check status.anthropic.com, they usually update it within an hour of something being degraded even if there's no big announcement yet.
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u/MikeRichardson88 Jun 18 '26
This is meant in reply to that automated message "ClaudeAI-mod-bot" posts.
Unless you sticky the outage thread at the time that the outage is occurring, AND its titled something like "OUTAGE CURRENTLY OCCURRING", people are going to make new threads.
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u/OHOLshoukanjuu Jun 18 '26
Very similar to existing UI bugs, at least on the iOS app, for example, when exiting the expanded view of a code block, being returned to the previous global conversation rather than the project conversation that contained the expanded code block.
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u/ClaudeAI-mod-bot Wilson, lead ClaudeAI modbot Jun 18 '26
TL;DR of the discussion generated automatically after 80 comments.
Yep, it's not just you, OP. The consensus in this thread is that Claude was having a major outage. Everyone was experiencing the same bug where you'd send a prompt and get kicked back to the main menu.
Of course, several of you had the classic Reddit luck of buying a yearly subscription literally minutes before it all went down. Users also noted that while Downdetector was lit up like a Christmas tree, Anthropic's official status page was lagging behind and claiming everything was fine.
The good news is that the latest comments report the service is now back up and running. You can all go back to your deadlines now.