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Sonnet 4 and Opus 4 retired; requests now error

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Retired Claude Sonnet 4 (claude-sonnet-4-20250514) and Claude Opus 4 (claude-opus-4-20250514). All requests to these models now return an error. Recommend upgrading to Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Claude Opus 4.8 respectively. Researchers can request ongoing access through the External Researcher Access Program.

Fetched July 14, 2026