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Anthropic · Model retirement

claude-3-opus

Stopped working

Calls to the model claude-3-opus on Anthropic stopped working on January 5, 2026.

What to use instead of claude-3-opus

Move to claude-opus-4-8, recommended by Anthropic.

Facts

API
Anthropic api.anthropic.com
Model
claude-3-opus
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
January 5, 2026
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated

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