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api.venice.ai Claude Sonnet 4.5 model retirement

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api.venice.ai has deprecated model Claude Sonnet 4.5 without a shutdown date. Calls specifying this model will fail once the retirement takes effect. This change impacts any integrations targeting the model Claude Sonnet 4.5 on api.venice.ai.


What to use instead of Claude Sonnet 4.5

Use Claude Sonnet 5.5 instead.

In api.venice.ai's words

Claude Sonnet 4.5→replaced by [Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://basehub.venice.ai/models/claude-sonnet-5-5)

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Claude Sonnet 4.5
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Model retirement
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When does Claude Sonnet 4.5 shut down?

api.venice.ai deprecated the model Claude Sonnet 4.5 without giving a shutdown date yet.

Do these calls still work?

Yes, they still work: api.venice.ai has not given a shutdown date yet.

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