Frequent API 500 errors across all conversations

Description

Experiencing repeated HTTP 500 internal server errors across all Claude Code chat sessions. Not isolated to a single conversation — affects every active chat window.

Error Details

API Error: 500
{
  "type": "error",
  "error": {
    "type": "api_error",
    "message": "Internal server error"
  },
  "request_id": "req_011Ca5k3xBDALP4WaMgtDRot"
}

Environment

• Platform: macOS (Darwin 25.1.0)
• Model: claude-opus-4-6 (1M context)
• Date/Time: 2026-04-15
• Scope: All conversations, not a single session

Reproduction

1. Open any Claude Code session
2. Send any message
3. Intermittently returns 500 instead of a response

Notes

• status.claude.com did not show a reported outage at time of filing
• Multiple retry attempts across different conversations all hit the same error