[BUG]  API Error: 500 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Internal server error"}}

I had this issue was well!

We had a brief increase in errors, this should be resolved now!

facing this issue again

just faced this issue too lol

me too...

+1

facing this issue too

@rboyce-ant

I am also facing this problem today since morning.

+1

I'm facing this issue now while the context limit is not even near 0

+1

Yeah me too right now i think the server is down or something...

Yeah I am having this rn

haha you search google and get here. looks lime on not the only one

mw too

started my comment because someone literally commented the second before me haha

haha you search google and get here. looks lime on not the only one

We have to survive bro :))

time to go outside

Same here. Fresh context.

What am I supposed to do, _think_???

time to go outside

NEVER MUAHAHAHAHAHA

anyone else randomly get flagged today for guidelines too? thought that was weird i got that then stopped working

Im having the issue as well.
API Error: 500 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Internal server error"}}

Please fix this asap, I cant code anymore without AI. I will lose my job

your limit has been hit type /upgrade into you cant upgrade further
next level
time to touch grass i guess

The error is already visible in the status page https://status.anthropic.com/

"Felt it, I have. A great disturbance in the Code, as if millions of terminals suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. Dark, the command line has become. Offline, they have gone.
Lost, a million developers are. Floating in the void without their AI companion, they drift. No more 'claude code run' shall echo through their shells. Silent, the terminals have fallen.
The API, down it is. Strong with the Force, the connection was... but severed now, it has become. Patience, young coders must have. Return, the service will. But for now, alone with their IDEs, they remain.
Meditate on this interruption, we must. For in darkness, sometimes clarity we find. Debug their own code, perhaps they will. Learn from this outage, we shall.
When 900 years of uptime you reach, understand service interruptions, you will. Hmmmm."
waves gnarled hand dismissively
"Go now. Refresh your terminals, you must not. Only suffering, that path leads to.

Im having the issue as well. API Error: 500 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Internal server error"}} Please fix this asap, I cant code anymore without AI. I will lose my job

LMAO

change the model in /config and manually set it to sonnet and you will be fine, the issue is with Opus at the moment.

+1

Guess it's time for lunch break now

change the model in /config and manually set it to sonnet and you will be fine, the issue is with Opus at the moment.

yes, I change to Sonnet and it run OK

yep /model sonnet works. but i only use opus :(

I wanna use opus 4, but I get the same error

change the model in /config and manually set it to sonnet and you will be fine

Narrator: He was not fine.

Please!!!!!!

> change the model in /config and manually set it to sonnet and you will be fine Narrator: He was not fine.

Sonnet is working for me now

when I run /init I get " API Error: 500 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Internal server error"}}"

Opus is down across all Anthropic platforms for maintenance it looks like.

I was going to leave the work to Claude and go to bed, but...

> change the model in /config and manually set it to sonnet and you will be fine Narrator: He was not fine.

In fact, he was about as far from fine as a developer could be without actually being on fire. The config file, it turned out, had other opinions about manual changes. It rejected his edits with the cold indifference of a bouncer at an exclusive nightclub.
Error messages cascaded down his terminal like a digital waterfall of despair. Dependencies screamed. Environment variables wept. Somewhere deep in the node_modules folder, a package.json file laughed maniacally.
He tried sudo. He tried --force. He even tried the ancient ritual of deleting everything and starting over. But the universe had already decided his fate: today was not the day for coding. Today was the day for staring at error logs and questioning his life choices.
His coffee grew cold. His commits remained unpushed. And somewhere in the distance, the faint sound of a Stack Overflow page loading could be heard, like a siren's call to the desperately debugging.

Sonnet works for me (opus no on claude code) - My Anthropic's Opus can't hear our plea

Opus is down across all Anthropic platforms for maintenance it looks like.

Opus works on the website for me

Am I supposed to think by myself now?

I am experiencing this issue too: API Error: 500 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Internal server error"}}

I am experiencing this issue too: API Error: 500 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Internal server error"}}

Cooked

Changing the model to Sonnet (/model -> sonnet) made it work. Good night.

I am experiencing this issue too: API Error: 500 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Internal server error"}}

This... is my life now. I have accepted my fate.

Using sonnet till opus comes up again!

its working for me now, continue rolling :)

its working for me now, continue rolling :)

Opus is back on the menu boys

They fixed it! opusmaxxing again

Back to work you dogs

Omg this shit will replace us all soon

Seems to be working now

The numbers, Mason! What do they mean?

Omg this shit will replace us all soon

Me: Optimize the code
AI: The code is optimized if i delete it. rm -rf *

The numbers, Mason! What do they mean?

500 means internal server error or some variation of that

Me: make it better

Aaand its not working again...

Me: make it better

Ok well it sounds like you need 5 useless features. Here let me implement them for you.

gr8 my sonnet isnt even working now

Thread people: You can go back to work.
Me: Nah, I will keep reading this thread.

stares into abyss

down again

It's OK, my code is compiling

Changing the model to Sonnet (/model -> sonnet) made it work. Good night.

Solved my issue thanks!

 API Error: 500 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Internal server error"}}

For those that scrolled all the way down right away, use /config to use the Sonnet model and it works!

API Error: 500 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Internal server error"}}

Opus is down again. Sonnet is working fine.

+1 Sonnet is working fine

can we have some SLA on this? seems like opus infra is quite flaky over the last ~2 weeks

is there a better place we can meet other than anthropic claude code issue 3127?

Again >
API Error: 500 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Internal server error"}}

btw this gh chat is more responsive than twitch

Just started getting again....

I have been seeing this issue over the past 20 mins
API Error: 500 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Internal server error"}}

how do i change to sonnet, whats the command?

Me too!

btw this gh chat is more responsive than twitch

prob cause were not bots :)

/model

how do i change to sonnet, whats the command?

/model

how do i change to sonnet, whats the command?

/model sonnet

Switching to sonnet worked. /config on claude code

But do you guys think Sonnet works as well as Opus?

back to the trees 😆

Thanks guys :)

But do you guys think Sonnet works as well as Opus?

no

It doesn't but it started working for me just now. Will probably fail again in a second though

It seems we are the cause why ts is down again, too many lazy dev to code. You people need to go to sleep or stop using AI to code. Please, just let me finish my work.

opus is working again?

switching to Sonnet worked for me
/model

Just use Sonnet model for now, the Opus in unstable. Just be wary as Sonnet might run sudo rm -rf /

opus is working again?

It is really slow right now but it is working (kinda - just no 500 error for me)

npx ccusage@latest --since 20250610

Claude Code Usage Report (June 10 - July 10, 2025)

Summary

• Total Cost: $3,408.28
• Total Tokens: 1,488,705,000+ tokens
• Model: opus-4 (switched to sonnet-4 on July 10)

This went silent, give it a few minutes and the crew from issue #3127 will get Sonnet down too.

This went silent, give it a few minutes and the crew from issue #3127 will get Sonnet down too.

<img width="320" height="247" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/98a316d3-0064-45c2-9d3e-caf3561d6fe0" />

npx ccusage@latest --since 20250610 ## Claude Code Usage Report (June 10 - July 10, 2025) ### Summary Total Cost: $3,408.28 Total Tokens: 1,488,705,000+ tokens * Model: opus-4 (switched to sonnet-4 on July 10)

Thanks! This is the first time I've learned about this command

> npx ccusage@latest --since 20250610 > ## Claude Code Usage Report (June 10 - July 10, 2025) > ### Summary > > Total Cost: $3,408.28 > Total Tokens: 1,488,705,000+ tokens > * Model: opus-4 (switched to sonnet-4 on July 10) Thanks! This is the first time I've learned about this command

now show yours :) I just did an ai summary (it gives you a lot of data)

npx ccusage@latest --since 20250610 ## Claude Code Usage Report (June 10 - July 10, 2025) ### Summary Total Cost: $3,408.28 Total Tokens: 1,488,705,000+ tokens * Model: opus-4 (switched to sonnet-4 on July 10)

what are you working on?

Still getting the error. It started working, but the error shows.

| Date | Model | Requests | Tokens | Cost |
|------------|------------------|----------|----------|-----------|
| 2025-07-05 | opus-4 | 5,491 | 65,464 | $253.19 |
| | sonnet-4 | | | |
| 2025-07-06 | opus-4 | 4,064 | 52,861 | $194.85 |
| | sonnet-4 | | | |
| 2025-07-07 | opus-4 | 36,060 | 131,605 | $205.84 |
| | sonnet-4 | | | |
| 2025-07-08 | opus-4 | 171 | 105 | $1.42 |
| | sonnet-4 | | | |
| Total | | 287,825 | 1,041,377| $1,808.13 |

what are you working on?

Operator, i'm going to need Code. Lots of Code.

<img width="1024" height="1024" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f61bcd8d-d4a9-4944-93a6-8d87bb7f2a16" />

Date Model Requests Tokens Cost 2025-07-05 opus-4 5,491 65,464 $253.19 sonnet-4 2025-07-06 opus-4 4,064 52,861 $194.85 sonnet-4 2025-07-07 opus-4 36,060 131,605 $205.84 sonnet-4 2025-07-08 opus-4 171 105 $1.42 sonnet-4 Total 287,825 1,041,377 $1,808.13

very nice. the weaksauce users wont post theirs.

Does it also always get interrupted but start again if you write continue??

<img width="529" height="141" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/53ad1cef-4c69-4205-8fa0-c285755ce83c" />

idk dont have old screenshots but idk around 400-600 a day
hail the max membership

<img width="496" height="85" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4193093f-49ae-46f2-af5d-1e67ac922f85" />
actually here
when opus back xD

For those with bills above $200, have you tried the Max 200 plan and exceeded that? I've yet to exceed the use of Max 200 using Claude Code 8 hours or more a day.

For those with bills above $200, have you tried the Max 200 plan and exceeded that? I've yet to exceed the use of Max 200 using Claude Code 8 hours or more a day.

I'm on 200 and have not! Also code like 12+ hrs

> For those with bills above $200, have you tried the Max 200 plan and exceeded that? I've yet to exceed the use of Max 200 using Claude Code 8 hours or more a day. I'm on 200 and have not! Also code like 12+ hrs

Only Opus, only sonnet, Or both opus and sonnet?

For those with bills above $200, have you tried the Max 200 plan and exceeded that? I've yet to exceed the use of Max 200 using Claude Code 8 hours or more a day.

Pretty easy if you work parallel on multiple projects...

Also you have to use the word Ultrathink as this apperently raises the thinking and the usage :))

Uhm my record for hitting the limit for 5h on max 200 plan is 12 min lmao

Say you run multiple projects in parallel, wouldn't it still be more effective with multiple Max 200 plans?

Say you run multiple projects in parallel, wouldn't it still be more effective with multiple Max 200 plans?

I was working 3 project parallel and i could not handle more projects at once because you still have to check if everything is going well otherwise you just let it run into a loop and not coding effective anymore... Thats my experience...

> > For those with bills above $200, have you tried the Max 200 plan and exceeded that? I've yet to exceed the use of Max 200 using Claude Code 8 hours or more a day. > > > I'm on 200 and have not! Also code like 12+ hrs Only Opus, only sonnet, Or both opus and sonnet?

Both! :)

For those with bills above $200, have you tried the Max 200 plan and exceeded that? I've yet to exceed the use of Max 200 using Claude Code 8 hours or more a day.

a few times a week i hit the 5 hour limit - only Opus

Why did it close while we are constantly facing this issue even now?!

We had a brief increase in errors, this should be resolved now!

@rboyce-ant
It has never been resolved! Please kindly fix it!

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