Releasesby IbisWe've launched OpenTelemetry export in beta, so you can trace Messages API requests and Claude Managed Agents
BetayesterdayUnverifiedAdded Oct 15, 2026
We've launched OpenTelemetry export in beta, so you can trace Messages API requests and Claude Managed Agents sessions in your observability backend. The Claude SDK emits spans in Python, TypeScript, C#, Go, Java, PHP, and Ruby. To get spans from the API, add an OpenTelemetry destination in the Claude Console.
Topics: AI agents, LLMs, Observability, Developer tools
More Claude Platform releases
Every Claude Platform releaseClaude Managed Agents scheduled deployments are now available on Claude Platform on AWS
Claude Managed Agents scheduled deployments are now available on Claude Platform on AWS.
You can now let a Claude Managed Agents agent use dynamic workflows, in beta with the
You can now let a Claude Managed Agents agent use dynamic workflows, in beta with the managed-agents-2026-04-01 beta header. For work with many pieces, such as reviewing hundreds of documents, the agent can write a workflow. A workflow is a program that runs many agents in phases and combines their results.
The Compliance API chat endpoints now also return chats from the unified Claude experience, in beta for
The Compliance API chat endpoints now also return chats from the unified Claude experience, in beta for Claude Enterprise organizations, with your existing Compliance Access Key. See Retrieve and delete chats, files, and projects.
The Compliance API can now download Claude Docs documents as Word files, in beta
The Compliance API can now download Claude Docs documents as Word files, in beta. See Retrieve files and artifacts.
We've lowered the price of prompt cache reads on Claude Sonnet 5.5 from $0.20 USD to $0.10 USD per million
We've lowered the price of prompt cache reads on Claude Sonnet 5.5 from $0.20 USD to $0.10 USD per million tokens: 0.05x the base input price instead of 0.1x. Cache writes and all other prices are unchanged. See Prompt caching pricing.
We've launched Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), our most capable model tuned for high-volume and
We've launched Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), our most capable model tuned for high-volume and latency-sensitive work. It has a 1M token context window, 128k max output tokens, and adaptive thinking with the effort parameter.
Code written for Claude Haiku 4.5 can break on Claude Haiku 5.5
Code written for Claude Haiku 4.5 can break on Claude Haiku 5.5. Manual extended thinking (budget_tokens) returns a 400 error, and adaptive thinking is on by default, so a response can begin with thinking blocks. The same text also counts as more tokens. See the migration guide. For model-specific prompting patterns, see Prompting Claude Haiku 5.5.
The Python and TypeScript SDKs now include classes, in beta, for the browser use tool and the computer use
The Python and TypeScript SDKs now include classes, in beta, for the browser use tool and the computer use tool. You subclass one and write one method per tool against your own browser or desktop automation. The SDK runs the tool loop, the URL and file policies you set for the browser, and your approval callback.
Also shipped on Oct 14, 2026
Anthropic in October 2026Workspace-level package repositories for Databricks Apps are generally available
Workspace admins can now configure default Python and npm package repositories for Databricks Apps. Apps inherit the workspace configuration while still allowing app-level overrides. See Configure default package repositories .
The Apache Hive catalog endpoint in the Lakehouse runtime catalog is now generally available (GA)
The Apache Hive catalog endpoint in the Lakehouse runtime catalog is now generally available (GA). This integration lets you use the metastore as a serverless, central metadata layer, enabling seamless data sharing and unified querying across Apache Spark, Apache Hive, and BigQuery.
Metadata migration from Dataproc Metastore to Lakehouse is now generally available (GA)
Metadata migration from Dataproc Metastore to Lakehouse is now generally available (GA). You can perform a one-time backfill migration or dry run to migrate metadata from a Dataproc Metastore service to an Apache Iceberg REST catalog endpoint or a Hive catalog endpoint using the Google Cloud console, the gcloud CLI, or the REST API.
Conversational analytics now lets you create a conversation with all of the data sources in multiple...
Conversational analytics now lets you create a conversation with all of the data sources in multiple projects, or create a conversation with a dataset . These features are generally available (GA).
You can publish a BigQuery Conversational Analytics agent in Gemini Enterprise
You can publish a BigQuery Conversational Analytics agent in Gemini Enterprise . This feature is now generally available (GA).
The AI.AGG function now supports the output_schema argument, which lets you specify the schema of the...
The AI.AGG function now supports the output_schema argument, which lets you specify the schema of the function output as a comma-separated list of fields. This feature is generally available (GA).