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Anthropic claude-3-sonnet-latest model retirement

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Calls to the model claude-3-sonnet-latest on Anthropic stopped working on July 21, 2025.


The error you get

What Anthropic answers a call to claude-3-sonnet-latest once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:

HTTP 404
{"type":"error","error":{"type":"not_found_error","message":"model: claude-3-sonnet-latest"}}

What to use instead of claude-3-sonnet-latest

Move to claude-sonnet-5-5, recommended by Anthropic.

In Anthropic's words

Retirement date: July 21, 2025; Deprecated model: claude-3-sonnet-20240229; Recommended replacement: claude-sonnet-5-5

Anthropic, Deprecations page

Facts

API
Anthropic api.anthropic.com
Model
claude-3-sonnet-latest
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
July 21, 2025
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against Anthropic's own pages

Questions

When does claude-3-sonnet-latest shut down?

Calls to the model claude-3-sonnet-latest on Anthropic stopped working on July 21, 2025.

What happens to calls after July 21, 2025?

They have failed since July 21, 2025.

What error does claude-3-sonnet-latest return once it is shut down?

Anthropic answers HTTP 404: "model: claude-3-sonnet-latest". Send another model to fix it.

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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