[Bug] Anthropic API Error: 500 Overloaded Service Unavailable
Resolved 💬 21 comments Opened Sep 24, 2025 by jeansebastienvincent Closed Jan 6, 2026
Bug Description
i get ⎿ API Error: 500 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Overloaded"},"request_id":null} and i cannot do anything
Environment Info
- Platform: linux
- Terminal: vscode
- Version: 1.0.120
- Feedback ID: a4ef60bb-060f-4ae9-ae12-53a2ac962cec
Errors
[{"error":"Error: 500 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"api_error\",\"message\":\"Overloaded\"},\"request_id\":null}\n at i9.generate (file:///home/sebastien/.local/share/pnpm/global/5/.pnpm/@anthropic-ai+claude-code@1.0.120/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:992:2654)\n at IP.makeStatusError (file:///home/sebastien/.local/share/pnpm/global/5/.pnpm/@anthropic-ai+claude-code@1.0.120/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1009:2131)\n at IP.makeRequest (file:///home/sebastien/.local/share/pnpm/global/5/.pnpm/@anthropic-ai+claude-code@1.0.120/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1009:5344)\n at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n at async RJB.ZI1.showErrors (file:///home/sebastien/.local/share/pnpm/global/5/.pnpm/@anthropic-ai+claude-code@1.0.120/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1919:29907)\n at async ZI1 (file:///home/sebastien/.local/share/pnpm/global/5/.pnpm/@anthropic-ai+claude-code@1.0.120/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1919:18054)\n at async RJB (file:///home/sebastien/.local/share/pnpm/global/5/.pnpm/@anthropic-ai+claude-code@1.0.120/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1919:29690)\n at async file:///home/sebastien/.local/share/pnpm/global/5/.pnpm/@anthropic-ai+claude-code@1.0.120/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1919:24439\n at async aq0 (file:///home/sebastien/.local/share/pnpm/global/5/.pnpm/@anthropic-ai+claude-code@1.0.120/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1919:4362)\n at async u01 (file:///home/sebastien/.local/share/pnpm/global/5/.pnpm/@anthropic-ai+claude-code@1.0.120/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1919:24409)","timestamp":"2025-09-24T07:43:56.037Z"}]
21 Comments
same here
Happening right now to me for Opus. Switched to Sonnet for now.
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Claude Status says All Systems Operational
still show: 24 Sep 2025
No downtime recorded on this day.
Sep 24, 2025
No incidents reported today.
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Started about half an hour ago:
<img width="874" height="1037" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b6e64e64-65c3-41f9-8a44-6343b3ff63cf" />
Switching to Sonnet helped:
<img width="874" height="239" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0ba9b726-9593-42a7-a377-dfce3bd37ad9" />
Sonnet 4 works fine, but Opus 4.1 seems to produce an error.
Confirming that Sonnet works.
I got confirmed that it fixed! Thank you
Glad it’s fixed for you — still seeing the issue on my end though.
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