# Privacy Policy - Claude Status
*Published at <https://sites.google.com/view/claude-status-ext-privacy>. This
file is the source of truth; keep the published page in step with it.*
**Last updated:** 3 August 2026
## The short version
Claude Status does not collect, store, transmit, or sell any personal data. There is no server, no account, and no analytics.
## What the extension does on the network
The extension makes exactly one kind of network request: a `GET` to
```
https://status.claude.com/api/v2/summary.json
```
This is Anthropic's public status page API. The request carries no credentials (`credentials: 'omit'`), no cookies, no identifiers, and no information about you or your browsing.
The extension makes no other network requests. It does not contact any server operated by the extension's author.
## What the extension stores
Two things, both locally in your own browser via the standard `chrome.storage` API:
| What | Where | Why |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The most recent status snapshot from the public API (overall status, service list, active incidents, scheduled maintenance, and a timestamp) | `chrome.storage.local` | So the popup opens instantly and still shows something useful when you are offline. |
| Your settings (whether to show the dot in the Claude UI, where it sits, how often to check, and whether to pause checks while Claude is closed) | `chrome.storage.sync` | So your preferences follow you across Chrome profiles you are signed into. |
| A flag recording that the setup page has been shown | `chrome.storage.local` | So the welcome tab opens once, on install, and never again. |
Neither contains personal data. Both are removed when you uninstall the extension. `chrome.storage.sync` data is synced by Chrome itself, under your Google account, not by this extension.
## Access to claude.ai
Access to `claude.ai` is an **optional** permission. A fresh install does not have it, and the extension never asks for it on its own.
Two features need it, and Chrome asks you to grant it at the moment you switch either one on:
**"Show status in Claude UI"** adds a small status dot to the claude.ai page - beside the sidebar button, in the account row, or in the row of controls under the chat box, whichever you choose.
The content script that draws the dot **only** reads the extension's own stored status and inserts its own element. It does not read your conversations, prompts, account details, page content, form input, or cookies, and it sends nothing anywhere. Its UI lives inside a shadow root so it cannot interfere with the page.
**"Only check while Claude is open"** stops the background status checks whenever you have no Claude tab open. To know that, the extension asks Chrome for the list of open tabs matching `https://claude.ai/*`, and watches for those tabs being closed or navigated.
Chrome answers such a query with tab records for the matching tabs only, so the extension is never handed anything about a tab on any other site - not its address, not its title, not its contents, and not your history. Of the answer it does receive, the extension uses exactly one thing: whether the number of matching tabs is zero. Nothing from these queries is stored, logged, or sent anywhere; the check happens in memory and the result is discarded.
When you switch both features off, the extension asks Chrome to release the permission again, so it holds access only while a feature that needs it is actually in use. You can turn either off at any time from the popup.
## Permissions
| Permission | Purpose |
| --- | --- |
| `storage` | Cache the status and remember your preferences. |
| `alarms` | Wake the background worker to re-check the status. |
| `scripting` | Register and inject the in-page dot after you opt in. |
| `https://status.claude.com/*` | Read the public status API. |
| `https://claude.ai/*`, `https://*.claude.ai/*` (optional) | Display the in-page dot, and - if you switch that option on - notice whether a Claude tab is open so background checks can pause. Requested only when you turn one of those on, released when both are off. |
## Third parties
None. The extension has no third-party SDKs, trackers, or remote code. All code that runs is contained in the published package.
## Changes
If this policy ever changes, the updated version will be published with the extension and the date above will change.
## Contact
Questions about this policy can be raised through the extension's support link on the Chrome Web Store listing, or by email to markm.dev@gmail.com.
## Not affiliated with Anthropic
This is an unofficial, community-built extension and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic PBC.