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Anthropic model deprecations

As of Sep 26, 2026, Anthropic has 35 upcoming dated retirements and 14 past across its first-party API and the partner routes in the feed. The next is claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 on the first-party API no sooner than Sep 29, 2026.

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Anthropic’s published deprecation schedule, across its first-party API and every partner platform it ships on. Every row keeps its own receipt.

Notice policy

60+ day minimum

At least 60 days’ notice before retirement for publicly released models

17 of these dates come from Anthropic’s own page; 23 are published by Azure AI Foundry for Anthropic models it hosts; 6 are published by Vertex AI for Anthropic models it hosts; 3 are published by Amazon Bedrock for Anthropic models it hosts.

Anthropic publishes forward-looking retirement dates ahead of the notice window.

Read Anthropic’s policy

Upcoming retirements

35 dated retirements, soonest first.

ModelRouteRetirement dateAnnounced / observedReplacementReceipt
claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929First partyNo sooner than September 29, 2026May retire from this dateFirst observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0Amazon BedrockOctober 14, 2026Announced April 14, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001First partyNo sooner than October 15, 2026May retire from this dateFirst observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-haiku-4-5Azure AI FoundryOctober 19, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-haiku-4-5@1Azure AI FoundryOctober 19, 2026First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-haiku-4-5@2Azure AI FoundryOctober 19, 2026First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-5Azure AI FoundryOctober 19, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-5@1Azure AI FoundryOctober 19, 2026First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-sonnet-4-5Azure AI FoundryOctober 19, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-sonnet-4-5@1Azure AI FoundryOctober 19, 2026First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-5-20251101First partyNo sooner than November 24, 2026May retire from this dateFirst observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
anthropic.claude-opus-4-1-20250805-v1:0Amazon BedrockJanuary 8, 2027Announced July 8, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-6Azure AI FoundryFebruary 2, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-6@1Azure AI FoundryFebruary 2, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-6First partyNo sooner than February 5, 2027May retire from this dateFirst observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-sonnet-4-6Azure AI FoundryFebruary 10, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-sonnet-4-6@1Azure AI FoundryFebruary 10, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-sonnet-4-6First partyNo sooner than February 17, 2027May retire from this dateFirst observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-mythos-previewAzure AI FoundryApril 2, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-7Azure AI FoundryApril 6, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-7@1Azure AI FoundryApril 6, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-7First partyNo sooner than April 16, 2027May retire from this dateFirst observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-8First partyNo sooner than May 28, 2027May retire from this dateFirst observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-fable-5First partyNo sooner than June 9, 2027May retire from this dateFirst observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-sonnet-5First partyNo sooner than June 30, 2027May retire from this dateFirst observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-sonnet-5@1Azure AI FoundryJune 30, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-sonnet-5@2Azure AI FoundryJune 30, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-5@1Azure AI FoundryJuly 8, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-5@2Azure AI FoundryJuly 8, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-5First partyNo sooner than July 24, 2027May retire from this dateFirst observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-fable-5-1First partyNo sooner than September 1, 2027May retire from this dateFirst observed by Radar September 2, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-8@1Azure AI FoundrySeptember 1, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-8@2Azure AI FoundrySeptember 1, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-fable-5-1@1Azure AI FoundryDecember 5, 2027First observed by Radar September 3, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-fable-5@1Azure AI FoundryDecember 5, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt

Past retirements

14 dated retirements, most recent first.

ModelRouteRetirement dateAnnounced / observedReplacementReceipt
anthropic.claude-3-haiku-20240307-v1:0Amazon BedrockSeptember 10, 2026Announced March 10, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-3-haikuVertex AIAugust 23, 2026Announced February 23, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-1Azure AI FoundryAugust 5, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
claude-opus-5

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
claude-opus-4-1-20250805First partyAugust 5, 2026Announced June 5, 2026
claude-opus-4-8

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
claude-3-5-haikuVertex AIJuly 5, 2026Announced January 5, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-20250514First partyJune 15, 2026Announced April 14, 2026
claude-opus-4-8

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
claude-sonnet-4-20250514First partyJune 15, 2026Announced April 14, 2026
claude-sonnet-4-6

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
claude-3-7-sonnetVertex AIMay 11, 2026Announced November 11, 2025No published replacementReceipt
claude-3-haiku-20240307First partyApril 20, 2026Announced February 19, 2026
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
claude-3-5-haiku-20241022First partyFebruary 19, 2026Announced December 19, 2025
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
claude-3-5-sonnetVertex AIFebruary 19, 2026Announced August 20, 2025No published replacementReceipt
claude-3-5-sonnet-v2Vertex AIFebruary 19, 2026Announced August 20, 2025No published replacementReceipt
claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219First partyFebruary 19, 2026Announced October 28, 2025
claude-sonnet-4-6

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
claude-3-opusVertex AIAugust 1, 2025Announced June 30, 2025No published replacementReceipt

When the same model retires on different dates

The same model can carry a different published retirement date on each route it ships on. These 12 models on this page have a documented, dated gap between routes, largest spread first. Radar does not reconcile the dates — use the one for the route you actually call.

claudeopus4120250805156-day spread
  • Anthropic · first partyAugust 5, 2026Source
  • Anthropic · Azure AI FoundryAugust 5, 2026Source
  • Anthropic · Amazon BedrockJanuary 8, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

claude3haiku20240307143-day spread
  • Anthropic · first partyApril 20, 2026Source
  • Anthropic · Vertex AIAugust 23, 2026Source
  • Anthropic · Amazon BedrockSeptember 10, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

claude35haiku20241022136-day spread
  • Anthropic · first partyFebruary 19, 2026Source
  • Anthropic · Vertex AIJuly 5, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

claudesonnet420250514121-day spread
  • Anthropic · first partyJune 15, 2026Source
  • Anthropic · Amazon BedrockOctober 14, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

claudefable5195-day spread between published dates
  • Anthropic · first partyNo sooner than September 1, 2027Source
  • Anthropic · Azure AI FoundryDecember 5, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

claude37sonnet2025021981-day spread
  • Anthropic · first partyFebruary 19, 2026Source
  • Anthropic · Vertex AIMay 11, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

claudeopus452025110136-day spread between published dates
  • Anthropic · Azure AI FoundryOctober 19, 2026Source
  • Anthropic · first partyNo sooner than November 24, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

claudesonnet452025092920-day spread between published dates
  • Anthropic · first partyNo sooner than September 29, 2026Source
  • Anthropic · Azure AI FoundryOctober 19, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

claudeopus4710-day spread between published dates
  • Anthropic · Azure AI FoundryApril 6, 2027Source
  • Anthropic · first partyNo sooner than April 16, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

claudesonnet467-day spread between published dates
  • Anthropic · Azure AI FoundryFebruary 10, 2027Source
  • Anthropic · first partyNo sooner than February 17, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

claudehaiku45202510014-day spread between published dates
  • Anthropic · first partyNo sooner than October 15, 2026Source
  • Anthropic · Azure AI FoundryOctober 19, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

claudeopus463-day spread between published dates
  • Anthropic · Azure AI FoundryFebruary 2, 2027Source
  • Anthropic · first partyNo sooner than February 5, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

Questions

Which Anthropic models are deprecated or being retired?

As of Sep 26, 2026, Anthropic has 35 upcoming dated retirements and 14 past across its first-party API and the partner routes in the feed. The next is claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 on the first-party API no sooner than Sep 29, 2026. The soonest dated rows: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 on the first-party API no sooner than Sep 29, 2026; anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0 on Amazon Bedrock on Oct 14, 2026; claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on the first-party API no sooner than Oct 15, 2026. Every row in the tables above carries its own source receipt.

When is the next Anthropic model retirement?

claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 on the first-party API no sooner than Sep 29, 2026, as published in the source linked on that row. Dates marked "no sooner than" are floors, not deadlines.

How much notice does Anthropic give before retiring a model?

Anthropic states at least 60 days’ notice before retirement: “At least 60 days’ notice before retirement for publicly released models.”

What does a "no sooner than" date mean?

It’s a floor, not a deadline. Some providers publish only the earliest possible shutdown date for a model, with the final date to be confirmed later. Treat it as "this won’t happen before this date," not as the date itself.

What’s the difference between "Announced" and "First observed by Radar"?

"Announced" is the date the provider itself published the notice — it only appears on a row when the provider discloses one. "First observed by Radar" is Radar’s own collection timestamp, the date its pipeline first saw the source; it is never presented as the provider’s own announcement date.

Does this page cover Anthropic models hosted on partner platforms?

Yes. This page lists every dated retirement notice observed for Anthropic, spanning its own first-party API and every partner platform it ships on. Each row’s Route column shows which one a given date applies to.