# Claude Instant 1.2

> The cheap Claude, before there was a naming convention for cheap Claudes: Anthropic described it as carrying the strengths of Claude 2 into something faster and more affordable, which is where a great deal of unglamorous production traffic quietly went. Seven model IDs were switched off together on 6 November 2024 — the whole Claude 1 line, and the oldest entry in Anthropic's deprecation history.

2023-08-09 — 2024-11-06 · lived 1 year, 2 months

## The record

- Provider: Anthropic
- Model id: `claude-instant-1.2`
- Cause of death: Superseded
- Notice given: 2024-09-04
- Succeeded by: [Claude 3 Haiku](https://models.rip/claude-3-haiku/epitaph) (this archive's reading of lineage, not the provider's migration guidance)

## Sources

- https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/model-deprecations
- https://www.anthropic.com/news/releasing-claude-instant-1-2

## Elsewhere

- [Stand at this grave](https://models.rip/claude-instant-1.2)
- [The Anthropic plot](https://models.rip/anthropic)
- [The whole cemetery](https://models.rip/)