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Anthropic retired Claude Opus 4.1 on August 5, 2026

Anthropic confirms that Claude Opus 4.1 was retired on August 5, 2026; all Claude API requests to claude-opus-4-1-20250805 now return an error, and Anthropic recommends Claude Opus 5.

completedChecked 2026-09-04

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01 · Operational consequence

Lifecyclecompleted
Severitycritical
ConsequenceThis date applies to Anthropic-operated platforms. Bedrock and Google Cloud schedules may differ.

02 · Affected subjects

Componentsclaude-opus-4-1-20250805 on the Claude API
AudienceClaude API customers whose applications still call the dated Opus 4.1 model ID.
RegionClaude API, Claude Platform on AWS and Microsoft Foundry; partner-operated platform schedules differ

03 · Detection

Stable event IDksr-anthropic-claude-opus-4-1-2026-08-05
Change typeretirement

04 · Before → after

BeforeDeprecated until August 5, 2026
AfterRetired

05 · Required action

ActionRemove claude-opus-4-1-20250805 from production configuration, migrate to Claude Opus 5, and regression-test behavior, latency, token use and cost.
Replacement or migration pathReplace claude-opus-4-1-20250805 with claude-opus-5, review current model migration guidance, and validate prompts, tool calls, safety behavior, latency and cost before full cutover.

06 · Actionable date

Date roleMigration deadline
Date2026-08-05
Statuscompleted

07 · Kingy reproduction

StatusNot tested
LimitationsSource evidence reviewed; no paid vendor call or production reproduction was run.

08 · Sources and revision

Checked2026-09-04
Official sourceshttps://platform.claude.com/docs/en/release-notes/overview · https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/model-deprecations · https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/models/migration-guide
Correction history2026-08-23: Post-deadline verification changed the record from scheduled retirement to retired and unavailable.