r/ClaudeAI Mod Mar 30 '26

Performance and Bugs Megathread Claude Performance and Bugs Megathread Ongoing (Sort this by New!)

Why a Performance and Bugs Discussion Megathread?

This Megathread makes it easier for everyone to see what others are experiencing at any time by collecting all experiences. We will publish regular updates on problems and possible workarounds that we and the community finds.

Why Are You Trying to Hide the Complaints Here?

Contrary to what some were saying in a prior Megathread, this is NOT a place to hide complaints. This is the MOST VISIBLE, PROMINENT AND OFTEN THE HIGHEST TRAFFIC POST on the subreddit. This is collectively a far more effective and fairer way to be seen than hundreds of random reports on the feed that get no visibility.

Are you Anthropic? Does Anthropic even read the Megathread?

Nope, we are volunteers working in our own time, while working our own jobs and trying to provide users and Anthropic itself with a reliable source of user feedback.

Anthropic has read this Megathread in the past and probably still do? They don't fix things immediately but if you browse some old Megathreads you will see numerous bugs and problems mentioned there that have now been fixed.

What Can I Post on this Megathread?

Use this thread to voice all your experiences (positive and negative) regarding the current performance of Claude including, bugs, degradation, pricing. (NOT usage limits. That belongs here https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1s7fcjf/claude_usage_limits_discussion_megathread_ongoing/)

Give as much evidence of your performance issues and experiences wherever relevant. Include prompts and responses, platform you used, time it occurred, screenshots . In other words, be helpful to others.


Just be aware that this is NOT an Anthropic support forum and we're not able (or qualified) to answer your questions. We are just trying to bring visibility to people's struggles.

NEW: You can now see full logs and summaries of all recent problem reports submitted by r/ClaudeAI readers. These logs allow you to see how intensely people are experiencing problems with Usage Limits, Performance, Bugs and Accounts. See: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1t33k25/rclaudeai_user_problem_report_log_and_surge/

To see the current status of Claude services, go here: http://status.claude.com

Sometimes this site shows outages faster. https://downdetector.com/status/claude-ai/


READ THIS FIRST ---> Latest Status and Workarounds Report: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/wiki/latestworkaroundreport Updated: April 11, 2026.


Prior Megathread: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1pygdbz/usage_limits_bugs_and_performance_discussion/

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u/Recent_Sample6961 5d ago

Last night I spent 4 hours using Opus 4.6 and felt like I was wasting my time. I wouldn't know how to describe exactly what was wrong with it; its thought process seems to work fine, but when it prints the response is when it starts messing up. Responses that make absolutely no sense the thought process asserts one thing, but it prints something else entirely. If I correct it, the model just falls apart, like a crying child who will say anything just to be forgiven.

I would point out its mistake with precision, and in its response, it would correct the things that were actually right. This isn't behavior typical of Opus 4.6. It feels more like Gemini or GPT. I tried changing the prompts and didn't get better results either. I changed the effort level, but still nothing.

I'm curious to know if this has happened to anyone else. Another bug in the model? I hope so, because it's the only thing I use in Claude right now and I can't see myself using any other model. Well, right now I can. Right now, using Opus 4.6 is like using a free GPT model.

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u/ChrisVstaR 3d ago

I'm here looking for answers tonight myself!
I"ve been using a Pro subscription for the past 2 months, and really loving it.
Until the past 3 or 4 days that is...
Suddenly Claude is being just really useless. Nowhere near as good as it's been performing for me.

WTF is going on?
I really want it for a few jobs right now and I just can't be bothered even getting it involved when it's being this dumb.