Claude Platform changelog

You can now create personal keys and service account keys in the Claude Console. They act as you or as a service account, with the same permissions, and stop working when the linked account is removed from an organization. This lets organiz

The Compliance API session endpoints are out of beta for Cowork and Claude Code sessions. See Retrieve session transcripts. The Compliance API local session endpoints now also return transcripts of Claude Science sessions (product_surface v

We've released v1.0 of the Python SDK. The SDK's HTTP layer moves from httpx to httpx2, a maintained, API-compatible fork: build custom http_client, Timeout, and transport objects from httpx2 (the DefaultHttpxClient helpers are unchanged),

The computer use tool is out of beta on the Claude API as the computer_toolset_20260801 toolset: no beta header, batch actions (several actions in one turn), zoom enabled by default, and per-member configuration through configs. Earlier bet

Workbench is now playground in the Claude Console. Playground supports every Messages API parameter and includes templates that demonstrate API features such as code execution and web search. It shows the full SDK request and the API respon

The Compliance API now returns transcripts of Cowork and Claude Code sessions that run on your users' machines, in beta for Claude Enterprise organizations. GET /v1/compliance/apps/sessions/local lists sessions across your organization, GET

The introductory pricing for Claude Sonnet 5 ($2 / $10 per MTok) is now the standard price: the previously scheduled increase to $3 / $15 per MTok on September 1, 2026 will not occur. See Pricing.

You can now set a budget on a Claude Managed Agents session: a hard cap on the session's spend, priced at public list rates. A session that reaches its budget pauses with the budget_reached stop reason instead of starting new model requests

Inference hooks are now in beta for Claude Enterprise organizations. Point Claude at your organization's AI security server, and each governed prompt across claude.ai, Cowork, and Claude Code is held for the server's allow or deny verdict b

The Compliance API now returns transcripts of Cowork sessions started on claude.ai web or mobile, in beta for Claude Enterprise organizations. GET /v1/compliance/apps/sessions/remote lists sessions and GET /v1/compliance/apps/sessions/remot

Dreams (research preview) now supports Claude Opus 5. See Supported models.

We've launched Claude Opus 5 (claude-opus-5), a step-change improvement over Claude Opus 4.8. Claude Opus 5 supports a 1M token context window (both the default and the maximum), 128k max output tokens, and thinking on by default, at $5 / $

You can now set an effort level on a Claude Managed Agents agent's model configuration. Pass effort inside the model object when you create the agent. See Effort levels for what each level does. Webhooks for Claude Managed Agents now cover

The legacy Workbench (platform.claude.com/workbench) in the Claude Console is being sunset with access ending on August 17, 2026. Saved prompts, variables, and evals are not supported in the updated Workbench. You can export any data you wa

Mid-conversation system messages are available on Claude Fable 5, Claude Mythos 5, and Claude Opus 4.8, on the Claude API, Claude in Amazon Bedrock, and Google Cloud. No beta header is required. This corrects earlier availability notes.

You can now manage the people in your Claude Enterprise (claude.ai) organization with the Admin API, in beta for all Claude Enterprise organizations: list members and look them up by email address, change a member's role, remove members, se

Dreams (research preview) now supports Claude Fable 5 and Claude Sonnet 5. See Supported models. We've expanded the Access Transparency documentation of cmek_preserve events with a filter example, an example event payload, and two preservat

You can now set an expiration when you create an API key or an Admin API key in the Claude Console. Choose a preset, a custom duration, or Never. For keys with a lifetime of at least 7 days, Anthropic emails the creator before expiration. E

We've added the agent-memory-2026-07-22 beta header, which changes how listing memories (GET /v1/memory_stores/{memory_store_id}/memories) behaves: results are returned in a stable, server-defined order and the order_by and order parameters

We've restored access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5. See our statement for more information.

We've launched Claude Sonnet 5 (claude-sonnet-5), the next generation of our Sonnet model family, at introductory pricing of $2 / $10 per MTok (made the standard price on August 10, 2026). Claude Sonnet 5 supports a 1M token context window,

We've removed fast mode for Claude Opus 4.6. Requests to claude-opus-4-6 with speed: "fast" no longer run at fast speed or premium pricing: they run at standard speed, are billed at standard rates, and do not return an error. The response's

We've raised rate limits across the Claude API. Claude Sonnet and Claude Haiku rate limits now match Claude Opus at every usage tier, and usage tiers have been consolidated into three: Start, Build, and Scale. Most organizations move to a h

We've deprecated fast mode for Claude Opus 4.7, with removal on July 24, 2026. After removal, requests to claude-opus-4-7 with speed: "fast" will return an error. Migrate to fast mode for Claude Opus 4.8. Read more in Fast mode.

MCP tunnels (research preview): the management API moved from /v1/organizations/tunnels on the Admin API to /v1/tunnels on the Claude API. The new surface uses the anthropic-beta: mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22 header and the workspace:manage_tunne

The Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Ruby, PHP, and C# SDKs now include support for code_execution_20260120, the code execution tool version that adds REPL state persistence and is the minimum version for programmatic tool calling. To adopt it

We've retired the Claude Sonnet 4 model (claude-sonnet-4-20250514) and the Claude Opus 4 model (claude-opus-4-20250514). All requests to these models on the Claude API will now return an error. We recommend upgrading to Claude Sonnet 4.6 an

The code execution tool now supports code_execution_20260521, which discloses the 90-second per-cell execution time limit in the tool description so Claude can budget long-running cells. No beta header is required. The web search tool and w

The GET /v1/environments/{id}/work endpoint, which lists pending work for a self-hosted sandbox, is now available on Claude Platform on AWS. See IAM actions for Claude Platform on AWS for the GetEnvironment action that authorizes it.

We've launched Claude Fable 5 (claude-fable-5), our most capable widely released model, alongside Claude Mythos 5 (claude-mythos-5) for Project Glasswing participants. Both models support a 1M token context window by default, 128k max outpu

We announced the deprecation of the Claude Opus 4.1 model (claude-opus-4-1-20250805), with retirement on the Claude API scheduled for August 5, 2026. We recommend migrating to Claude Opus 4.8. Read more in Model deprecations.

The advisor tool now supports a max_tokens parameter to cap the advisor model's output per call, reducing latency and output token cost for workloads that don't need full-length advisor responses. Set tools[].max_tokens on the advisor tool

Claude Managed Agents webhooks, multiagent orchestration, and self-hosted sandboxes are now available on Claude Platform on AWS. See IAM actions for Claude Platform on AWS for the new IAM actions and the AnthropicSelfHostedEnvironmentAccess

We've launched Claude Opus 4.8 (claude-opus-4-8), our most capable widely released model. Claude Opus 4.8 supports a 1M token context window by default on the Claude API, Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Foundry, 128k max output

The Messages API response now includes usage.output_tokens_details.thinking_tokens, reporting how many of the billed output tokens were extended thinking. When streaming, the breakdown appears only on the final message_delta event. No beta

MCP tunnels is now available as a research preview, so you can connect to MCP servers in your private network. Self-hosted sandboxes are now available for Claude Managed Agents, as an alternative to running tool execution in Anthropic's inf

The web search tool now returns richer SEC filing data, making it easier to ground financial research agents, earnings analysis, and due-diligence workflows in primary sources with citations.

We've launched cache diagnostics in public beta. Pass diagnostics.previous_message_id on a Messages request and the API reports a cache_miss_reason explaining where the prompt cache prefix diverged from the previous turn. Include the cache-

Fast mode (research preview) now supports Claude Opus 4.7. Set speed: "fast" with model: "claude-opus-4-7" and the fast-mode-2026-02-01 beta header for significantly faster output token generation at premium pricing. Pricing, rate limits, a

We've launched Claude Platform on AWS, bringing the Claude API to Anthropic-managed infrastructure accessible through AWS, with AWS billing and IAM authentication. Access the full Messages API, Files API, Message Batches API, Claude Managed

Multiagent orchestration and Outcomes are now in public beta under the standard managed-agents-2026-04-01 beta header. Claude Managed Agents vault credential background refresh is now supported for mcp_oauth credentials. See Authenticate wi

We've launched Workload Identity Federation. Authenticate workloads to the Claude API with short-lived OIDC tokens from your own identity provider (AWS IAM, Google Cloud, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, SPIFFE, and mor

We've retired the 1M token context window beta (context-1m-2025-08-07) for Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Claude Sonnet 4. The beta header now has no effect on these models, and requests exceeding the standard 200k-token context window return an err

We've released the Claude API skill, an open-source Agent Skill that gives Claude up-to-date reference material for building on the Messages API and Claude Managed Agents across 8 languages. The skill is bundled with Claude Code and availab

We've released the Rate Limits API, allowing administrators to programmatically query the rate limits configured for their organization and workspaces.

Memory for Claude Managed Agents is now in public beta under the standard managed-agents-2026-04-01 header. See Using agent memory for the full integration guide.

We've retired the Claude Haiku 3 model (claude-3-haiku-20240307). All requests to this model will now return an error. We recommend upgrading to Claude Haiku 4.5.

We've launched Claude Opus 4.7, our most capable widely released model for complex reasoning and agentic coding, at the same $5 / $25 per MTok pricing as Opus 4.6. See What's new in Claude Opus 4.7 for capability improvements, new features,

We announced the deprecation of the Claude Sonnet 4 model (claude-sonnet-4-20250514) and the Claude Opus 4 model (claude-opus-4-20250514), with retirement on the Claude API scheduled for June 15, 2026. We recommend migrating to Claude Sonne

We've launched the advisor tool in public beta. Pair a faster executor model with a higher-intelligence advisor model that provides strategic guidance mid-generation, so long-horizon agentic workloads get close to advisor-solo quality while

We've launched Claude Managed Agents in public beta, a fully managed agent harness for running Claude as an autonomous agent with secure sandboxing, built-in tools, and server-sent event streaming. Create agents, configure containers, and r

We announced Claude Mythos Preview is available as a gated research preview for defensive cybersecurity work as part of Project Glasswing. Access is invitation-only. The Messages API is now available on Amazon Bedrock as a research preview.

We've raised the max_tokens cap to 300k on the Message Batches API for Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6. Include the output-300k-2026-03-24 beta header to generate longer single-turn outputs for long-form content, structured data, and large c

We've added model capability fields to the Models API. GET /v1/models and GET /v1/models/{model_id} now return max_input_tokens, max_tokens, and a capabilities object. Query the API to discover what each model supports.

We've launched the display field for extended thinking, letting you omit thinking content from responses for faster streaming. Set thinking.display: "omitted" to receive thinking blocks with an empty thinking field and the signature preserv

The 1M token context window is out of beta for Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6, at standard pricing. Requests over 200k tokens work automatically for these models with no beta header required. The 1M token context window remains in beta for

We've launched automatic caching for the Messages API. Add a single cache_control field to your request body and the system automatically caches the last cacheable block, moving the cache point forward as conversations grow. No manual break

We've launched Claude Sonnet 4.6, our latest balanced model combining speed and intelligence for everyday tasks. Sonnet 4.6 delivers improved agentic search performance while consuming fewer tokens. Sonnet 4.6 supports extended thinking and

We've launched fast mode in research preview for Opus 4.6, providing significantly faster output token generation through the speed parameter. Fast mode is up to 2.5x as fast at premium pricing. Interested customers should join the waitlist

We've launched Claude Opus 4.6, our most intelligent model for complex agentic tasks and long-horizon work. Opus 4.6 recommends adaptive thinking (thinking: {type: "adaptive"}); manual thinking (type: "enabled" with budget_tokens) is deprec