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Azure AI Foundry claude-opus-4-1 model retirement

Stopped working

On August 5, 2026, Azure AI Foundry will retire model claude-opus-4-1. Calls targeting this model will fail after that date. Ensure your applications transition off this model before the retirement takes effect.


What to use instead of claude-opus-4-1

Migrate to claude-opus-5, which stops working on July 8, 2027. No permanent replacement has been named yet.


Facts

API
Azure AI Foundry *.services.ai.azure.com
Model
claude-opus-4-1
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
August 5, 2026
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against Azure AI Foundry's own pages

Questions

When does claude-opus-4-1 shut down?

Calls to the model claude-opus-4-1 on Azure AI Foundry stopped working on August 5, 2026.

What happens to calls after August 5, 2026?

They have failed since August 5, 2026.

How do I find the calls this hits in my code?

Okapi reads your repository, finds the calls this change hits and opens a pull request with the fix. It never commits to your branches: every change comes as a pull request you review.


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