Claude Code sessions stop with provider API errors
Provider API request failed errors interrupt long sessions after 15 to 20 minutes with no clear cause or recovery.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
5 public reports · first reported 4 May 2026 · last reported 31 May 2026
What's going wrong
Users of Claude Code, an AI coding assistant run from the terminal, report that long working sessions stop after roughly 15 to 20 minutes with the message saying the provider API request failed.
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