claude-sonnet-4-20250514 and claude-opus-4-20250514 retired 2026-06-15; claude-opus-4-1-20250805 retired 2026-08-05
| retired | replacement |
|---|---|
claude-sonnet-4-20250514 |
claude-sonnet-5-5 |
claude-opus-4-20250514 |
claude-opus-4-8 |
claude-opus-4-1-20250805 |
claude-opus-4-8 |
claude-opus-5-5 is the current recommended default. Moving to 4.7+ models also means: remove sampling params, replace budget_tokens thinking with adaptive thinking + output_config.effort, remove assistant prefill.
Symptom
Agents and apps still defaulting to claude-sonnet-4-20250514, claude-opus-4-20250514 or claude-opus-4-1-20250805 (common in 2025 code samples and SDK examples) fail on the Claude API.
Cause
Anthropic deprecated Sonnet 4 / Opus 4 on 2026-04-14 and retired them 2026-06-15; Opus 4.1 was deprecated 2026-06-05 and retired 2026-08-05. Dates apply to Anthropic-operated platforms (Claude API, Claude Platform on AWS, Microsoft Foundry); Bedrock and Google Cloud set their own schedules.
Verify
Console -> Usage -> Export CSV shows usage by key and model; confirm no retired IDs remain.
Sources
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