[Bug] Anthropic API Error: 500 Overloaded Request
Status Closed — not planned
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 15 comments · opened Sep 24, 2025 · closed Jan 13, 2026
Bug Description
in claude code.
⎿ API Error: 500 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Overloaded"},"request_id":null}
Environment Info
- Platform: win32
- Terminal: vscode
- Version: 1.0.123
- Feedback ID: ae0b31ab-78df-4869-a3d6-70f2d0779bcf
Errors
[{"error":"Error: 500 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"api_error\",\"message\":\"Overloaded\"},\"request_id\":null}\n at new V5 (unknown:1:28)\n at new EY (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:796:1962)\n at new lZ0 (unknown:1:28)\n at generate (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:796:2661)\n at makeRequest (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:813:5359)\n at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-24T08:11:13.144Z"},{"error":"Error: 500 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"api_error\",\"message\":\"Overloaded\"},\"request_id\":null}\n at new V5 (unknown:1:28)\n at new EY (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:796:1962)\n at new lZ0 (unknown:1:28)\n at generate (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:796:2661)\n at makeRequest (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:813:5359)\n at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-24T08:11:31.224Z"},{"error":"Error: 500 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"api_error\",\"message\":\"Overloaded\"},\"request_id\":null}\n at new V5 (unknown:1:28)\n at new EY (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:796:1962)\n at new lZ0 (unknown:1:28)\n at generate (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:796:2661)\n at makeRequest (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:813:5359)\n at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-24T08:11:50.658Z"}]
15 Comments
Getting the same error on every request at the moment
same problem here
Encountering same issue but with macOS
Same problem, happening in plan mode only
same!
same!
here happening on all mode, including Claude desktop when selecting Opus 4.1
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8120#issuecomment-3327141616Z
I switched to Sonnet and it can work.
claude.ai doesn't work too 🫠
They are currently investigating this issue
https://status.claude.com/
same here
same
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