RETIRING IN 139 DAYS
Sunset scheduled for 2027-02-02, reported by a third-party catalog. The identifier still resolves today.
state=dying sunset=2027-02-02 days_remaining=139 severity=high sources=anthropic,litellm evidence_tier=endpoint confirmed_by_endpoint=anthropic documented_by_provider=false replacement=none corroborated=yes divergent_fields=none checked=2026-09-16 03:02Z
anthropic/claude-opus-4-6
Vendor: anthropic. Tracked by 2 of 5 sources.
What each source reports
| Source | ID | Context | Max out | In $/Mtok | Out $/Mtok | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| anthropic native | claude-opus-4-6 | 1,000,000 | 128,000 | — | — | — |
| litellm | azure_ai/claude-opus-4-6 | 1,000,000 | 128,000 | $5 | $25 | 2027-02-02 |
Change history
| Severity | Change | What | Detected |
|---|---|---|---|
| info | modified | [source artifact — 9 providers changed identically on the same day] claude-opus-4-6: capabilities gained legacy_thinking | 2026-08-26 |
| info | modified | [source artifact — 9 providers changed identically on the same day] azure_ai/claude-opus-4-6: capabilities gained legacy_thinking | 2026-08-26 |
| info | modified | [source artifact — 9 providers changed identically on the same day] vertex_ai/claude-opus-4-6: capabilities gained legacy_thinking | 2026-08-26 |
| medium | deprecated | claude-opus-4-6: deprecation announced for 2027-02-05 — in 168 days | 2026-08-21 |
| medium | deprecated | azure_ai/claude-opus-4-6: deprecation announced for 2027-02-02 — in 165 days | 2026-08-21 |
| medium | deprecated | vertex_ai/claude-opus-4-6: deprecation announced for 2027-02-05 — in 168 days | 2026-08-21 |
| medium | deprecated | azure_ai/claude-opus-4-6: retires 2027-02-02 (in 165 days) | 2026-08-21 |
| medium | deprecated | claude-opus-4-6: retires 2027-02-05 (in 168 days) | 2026-08-21 |
| medium | deprecated | vertex_ai/claude-opus-4-6: retires 2027-02-05 (in 168 days) | 2026-08-21 |
| low | modified | azure_ai/claude-opus-4-6: context_tokens raised 200,000 to 1,000,000 | 2026-07-26 |
| info | modified | [conflict — anthropic reports context_tokens=1,000,000] azure_ai/claude-opus-4-6: context_tokens cut 1,000,000 to 200,000 | 2026-07-25 |
| low | modified | azure_ai/claude-opus-4-6: context_tokens raised 200,000 to 1,000,000 | 2026-07-24 |
| low | modified | claude-opus-4-6: capabilities gained native_structured_output | 2026-07-14 |
| info | modified | [source artifact — 7 providers changed identically on the same day] azure_ai/claude-opus-4-6: capabilities gained adaptive_thinking | 2026-06-27 |
| info | modified | [source artifact — 7 providers changed identically on the same day] vertex_ai/claude-opus-4-6: capabilities gained adaptive_thinking | 2026-06-27 |
| low | modified | claude-opus-4-6: capabilities gained speed | 2026-06-24 |
| info | modified | [source artifact — 5 providers changed identically on the same day] claude-opus-4-6: capabilities lost minimal_reasoning_effort | 2026-05-29 |
| info | modified | [source artifact — 5 providers changed identically on the same day] azure_ai/claude-opus-4-6: capabilities lost minimal_reasoning_effort | 2026-05-29 |
| info | modified | [source artifact — 5 providers changed identically on the same day] vertex_ai/claude-opus-4-6: capabilities lost minimal_reasoning_effort | 2026-05-29 |
| info | modified | [source artifact — 5 providers changed identically on the same day] claude-opus-4-6: capabilities gained output_config | 2026-05-21 |
| info | modified | [source artifact — 5 providers changed identically on the same day] azure_ai/claude-opus-4-6: capabilities gained output_config | 2026-05-21 |
| info | modified | [source artifact — 5 providers changed identically on the same day] vertex_ai/claude-opus-4-6: capabilities gained output_config | 2026-05-21 |