{
  "id": 10729435,
  "title": "Spotify, Anthropic's Claude down for some users in US, Singapore: Downdetector",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/spotify-anthropics-claude-down-for-some-users-in-us-singapore-10729435",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-29T14:33:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNA - Business",
    "slug": "cna-business",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/spotify-claude-down-us-downdetector-6418981"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Spotify and Anthropic's Claude encountered service disruptions for numerous US users on Tuesday, September 29th, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com. Over 17,000 US users reported issues with Spotify by 10:12 AM ET, while more than 11,000 users experienced problems with Claude. Spotify acknowledged \"some issues\" and was investigating, while Anthropic stated it was examining elevated error rates across Claude services. Both companies have yet to respond to requests for comment from Reuters. Downdetector's figures are based on user-submitted reports, though the actual number of affected users may differ. In Singapore, user reports of Spotify problems began at 9:41 PM, peaking at 10:26 PM with 453 reports. Reports of Claude issues started at 9:44 PM and peaked at 10:14 PM with 368 reports.",
  "summary": "Spotify said on X it was aware of \"some issues\" and was investigating, while Anthropic said it was probing \"elevated error rates\" across Claude services.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "Claude is down for many — here's everything we know as Anthropic confirms an active issue",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/claude-is-down-for-many-heres-everything-we-know-as-anthropic",
        "published": "2026-09-29T14:32:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "Spotify, Anthropic's Claude down for some US users, Downdetector shows",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/spotify-anthropics-claude-down-for-some-us-users-downdetector-shows-10721602",
        "published": "2026-09-29T14:33:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "Spotify, Anthropic's Claude down for some US users, Downdetector shows",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/spotify-anthropics-claude-down-for-some-us-users-downdetector-shows-10716104",
        "published": "2026-09-29T14:58:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "Is Claude down for you? Anthropic shares what’s going wrong",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/is-claude-down-for-you-anthropic-shares-whats-going-wrong",
        "published": "2026-09-29T15:08:24.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}