Claude Code — official Claude error message, quoted verbatim.
“API Error: Repeated 529 Overloaded errors. The API is at capacity — this is usually temporary. Try again in a moment. If it persists, check https://status.claude.com.”
The API is temporarily at capacity across all users — Claude Code shows this only after it has already retried several times on its own. A 529 is not your usage limit and doesn't count against your quota.
Check status.claude.com, or the provider status page named in the message, for capacity notices.
Try again in a few minutes.
Run /model and switch to a different model to keep working, since capacity is tracked per model.
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They all describe the same situation: an HTTP 529 “overloaded” response because the API is busy. In Anthropic's API reference the matching error type is overloaded_error: “529 - overloaded_error : The API is temporarily overloaded.” Claude Code shows the message above only after it has already retried several times.
It is the API's “overloaded” response. Anthropic's API reference lists it as “529 - overloaded_error : The API is temporarily overloaded.” and says “529 errors can occur when the API experiences high traffic across all users.” In Claude Code you see this page's message only after Claude Code has already retried several times.
No. Claude Code's error reference says “A 529 is not your usage limit and doesn't count against your quota.” If you had actually reached a plan limit, you would see a “You've hit your ... limit” message instead — see the related errors below.
Anthropic's Claude Code docs suggest three things: check status.claude.com (or the provider status page named in the message) for capacity notices, try again in a few minutes, and run /model to switch to a different model, since capacity is tracked per model.
Fetched 2026-10-11.
Source: code.claude.com docs — Errors
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Source: platform.claude.com docs — Claude API errors (529 overloaded_error)
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