Claude Code is locking people out for hours

Windows users say Claude Code has slammed the door shut: Google sign‑in keeps timing out with “OAuth error: timeout of 15000ms exceeded,” leaving people locked out for hours and unable to code. One poster sighed, “It started again,” while another pointed at the status page trend and groaned that this “might be a daily thing.” The vibe: anxious refreshes, frayed patience, and a growing fear this isn’t a one‑off hiccup but a pattern.

Not everyone is doomscrolling. A practical soul claimed they fixed it by upgrading, quitting every app and browser window, relaunching Claude, then running “/login.” That drew a few hopeful tries—and plenty of side‑eye. The escape artists, meanwhile, are already name‑dropping alternatives: “Codex is pretty good, and it is written in Rust,” one commenter tossed over their shoulder, the equivalent of “I’m seeing other people.”

Then came the conspiracy energy. One hot take says all premium users share a single “compute fuel pool” (read: one bucket of server power), and a rush of new demand pushed it over the edge. The result? Logins failing, sessions capped, and the dreaded timeout. Whether true or not, the community’s verdict is clear: reliability is the new killer feature, and currently missing.