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Claude Opus 4.1 is retired on the Claude API

DeprecationVerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

All requests to claude-opus-4-1-20250805 now return an error. Anthropic recommends upgrading to Claude Opus 5; researchers can request continued access through the External Researcher Access Program.

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