Is claude-opus-4-7-20260416 deprecated?

Q: Is claude-opus-4-7-20260416 deprecated?

Not yet, but retirement is scheduled. Sunset scheduled for 2027-04-16, reported by a third-party catalog. The identifier still resolves today.

RETIRING IN 212 DAYS

Sunset scheduled for 2027-04-16, reported by a third-party catalog. The identifier still resolves today.

state=dying sunset=2027-04-16 days_remaining=212 severity=high sources=litellm evidence_tier=catalog confirmed_by_endpoint=false documented_by_provider=false replacement=none corroborated=single-source divergent_fields=none checked=2026-09-16 03:02Z

anthropic/claude-opus-4-7-20260416

Vendor: anthropic. Tracked by 1 of 5 sources.

What each source reports

**endpoint** = the provider's own machine-readable API, the strongest evidence. **provider docs** = the provider's own documentation, read by a model — first-party content, inferred reading. Unlabelled rows are third-party catalogs. Where sources disagree both values are shown rather than silently reconciled.
Source	ID	Context	Max out	In $/Mtok	Out $/Mtok	Sunset
litellm	claude-opus-4-7-20260416	1,000,000	128,000	$5	$25	2027-04-16

Change history

Severity	Change	What	Detected
medium	deprecated	claude-opus-4-7-20260416: deprecation announced for 2027-04-16 — in 238 days	2026-08-21
medium	deprecated	claude-opus-4-7-20260416: retires 2027-04-16 (in 238 days)	2026-08-21
low	modified	claude-opus-4-7-20260416: capabilities gained native_structured_output	2026-07-14
low	modified	claude-opus-4-7-20260416: capabilities gained speed	2026-06-24
info	modified	[source artifact — 5 providers changed identically on the same day] claude-opus-4-7-20260416: capabilities lost minimal_reasoning_effort	2026-05-29
info	modified	[source artifact — 5 providers changed identically on the same day] claude-opus-4-7-20260416: capabilities gained output_config	2026-05-21