Sonnet 4.6 Elevated Error Rate — Active Incident Hits 77-Comment HN Thread as Claude Infrastructure Strains

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Claude's status page reports an active incident with Sonnet 4.6 experiencing elevated error rates, the latest in a string of April reliability issues. Prior incidents hit on April 3, 4, and 7, affecting both Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.6 across Claude.ai, Claude Code, and API surfaces. The HN thread (58 points, 77 comments — a 1.33 comment-to-point ratio indicating intense discussion) reflects growing developer frustration with Anthropic's infrastructure reliability.