Current answer
Cursor experienced a major incident: Elevated errors for Anthropic Models. ServiceAlert observed recovery on Sep 3, 2026.
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Investigating
Anthropic reports recovery across most models. The affected models right now are Opus 4.8 and Opus 5. Please see https://status.claude.com/ for provider updates.
Sep 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM UTC
Investigating
An upstream Anthropic issue is causing elevated errors for Fable 5.1, Fable 5, Opus 5, Opus 4.8, and Opus 4.6 requests. Some users may experience errors or failed Agent turns. We're monitoring recovery and will provide updates.
Sep 3, 2026 at 2:17 PM UTC
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