[Bug] Anthropic API Error: Overloaded Error (529) during Claude Code operations
Resolved 💬 38 comments Opened Mar 17, 2026 by jcrtoff Closed Mar 17, 2026
Bug Description
I am getting many errors: 529 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"overloaded_error","message":"Overloaded.
https://docs.claude.com/en/api/errors"},"request_id":"req_011CZ9EznUPgGsfwvU3Gy7CP"}. Claude Code is hardly usable at this point
Environment Info
- Platform: darwin
- Terminal: iTerm.app
- Version: 2.1.77
- Feedback ID: 640bcb96-0703-41bc-82e7-d265cd6a899f
Errors
[{"error":"Error: NON-FATAL: Lock acquisition failed for /Users/jean-christopheroux/.local/share/claude/versions/2.1.77 (expected in multi-process scenarios)\n at ovT (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:2648:2192)\n at uxq (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:2648:1336)\n at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-03-17T19:47:50.814Z"},{"error":"Error: 529 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"overloaded_error\",\"message\":\"Overloaded. https://docs.claude.com/en/api/errors\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CZ9F8hdfD9c4sbC3vwRCZ\"}\n at generate (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:409:9268)\n at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:448:5435)\n at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-03-17T19:58:44.929Z"}]
38 Comments
I got the same issue
Same here
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i'm having the same issue.
API Error: 529 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"overloaded_error","message":"Overloaded.
https://docs.claude.com/en/api/errors"},"request_id":"req_011CZ9F5brZrKf6Yv65GC28c"}
same issue
529 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"overloaded_error","message":"Overloaded. https://docs.claude.com/en/api/errors"},"request_id":"req_011CZ9GNxEW5xZLMthuRxRjn"}
same here
529 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"overloaded_error","message":"Overloaded. https://docs.claude.com/en/api/errors"},"request_id":"req_011CZ9GRF27Km1yXVo7xAV6a"}
same
529 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"overloaded_error","message":"Overloaded. https://docs.claude.com/en/api/errors"},"request_id":"req_011CZ9GcpHuYWTfSVVneHcpT"}
I got the same error too just now in two of my Claude sessions on my personal account. But on my work (Enterprise) account everything is working fine. So either different hosts are running for different types of customers, or there is prioritization going on.
Same here. Interesting that the request IDs across reports all share the req_011CZ9 prefix. might be useful for triaging which cluster is struggling.
+1
The error resolved for me.
It resolved for me momentarily and went back to the original error after about a minute.
Same here. 529 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"overloaded_error","message":"Overloaded. https://docs.claude.com/en/api/errors"},"request_id":"req_011CZ9MXctVtQ3XeVtoRMRZn"}
Same here
same here multiple times this morning
Same here keep getting this errors
API Error: 500 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Internal server
error"},"request_id":"req_011CZ9PHccxwVMvhVhFU1x84"}
529 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"overloaded_error","message":"Overloaded.
https://docs.claude.com/en/api/errors"},"request_id":"req_011CZ9PVhitDh7Mwt6NKMqLy"}
I went away and is now back: 529 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"overloaded_error","message":"Overloaded.
https://docs.claude.com/en/api/errors"},"request_id":"req_011CZ9PawE8VkM6Ck7zAHmTy"}
same here : API Error: 500
{"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Internal server
error"},"request_id":"req_011CZ9PKej2PqeXdzKF2mTKH"}
i guess its likely due to their new "double xp" hours lol ?? might spike traffic and we all get fugged
Yesterday I downgraded my plan from Max to Pro. Today, still on Max Plan, I tried to continue my session, and I had the same issues:
I've tried again after some time:
Now everything works.
same here
same same same
Same here
+1
529 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"overloaded_error","message":"Overloaded"},"request_id":"req_011CZAZwApud5De7Zpec1Xio"}
Same here
API Error: 529 {"type":"error","error": "type":"overloaded_error","message":"Overloaded"},"request_id":"req_011CZAZhZ4jnvQrU28BzmfM2"}The same is true for me.
API Error: 529 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"overloaded_error","message":"Overloaded"},"request_id":"req_011CZAZqERJ2fJRmvezysLP2"}
Same here
claude code version 2.1.78, Model: opus (claude-opus-4-6)
Same error
same error
Same, These are growing increasingly common.
Error 529 for the past 6hrs!!
+1
I guess this is related to the Opus 4.6 outage - https://status.claude.com/incidents/b9802k1zb5l2
same issue here
Just switch to Sonnet till they solve the Opus 4.6 issue.
Yeah that works ty for tip
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