Spotify and Anthropic's Claude down for thousands of U.S. users

On Tuesday, September 29, 2026, Downdetector.com showed more than 17,000 U.S. user reports of Spotify problems as of 10:12 a.m. ET and more than 11,000 reports of issues with Anthropic's Claude. The figures come from user-submitted reports, and Downdetector notes the actual number affected may vary. Spotify said on X it was aware of "some issues" and was investigating. Anthropic said it was probing "elevated error rates" across Claude services. Neither Spotify nor Anthropic immediately responded to Reuters' requests for comment. Coverage is limited and mostly center-to-right rated wire pickup; one right-rated outlet stressed international Spotify users while others kept the U.S. thousands framing. No cause or all-clear is in the record.