HighDeprecation
Claude Opus 4 deprecation: migrate claude-opus-4-20250514 to Claude Opus 4.6 by 2026-06-15
Action Required
Applications using claude-opus-4-20250514 will be blocked after 2026-06-15 unless migrated to Claude Opus 4.6.
AI Impact Summary
Claude Opus 4's claude-opus-4-20250514 model is slated for retirement on 2026-06-15. After retirement, deployments using this model will lose access, causing downstream prompts and workflows to fail. The recommended path is to migrate to Claude Opus 4.6 and update all clients, deployment configs, and CI pipelines to reference the new model. Validate compatibility and adjust prompts or token usage if there are any behavioral or API changes.
Claude Opus 4 deprecation: migrate claude-opus-4-20250514 to Claude Opus 4.6 by 2026-06-15
Affected Systems
claude-opus-4-20250514
- Date
- Date not specified
- Change type
- deprecation
- Severity
- high