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Claude Sonnet 4

claude-sonnet-4-20250514

buried here: claude-sonnet-4-20250514

2025-05-222026-06-15 · lived 1 year

The middle of the Claude 4 pair, priced to be the default rather than the decision, and the model that made an agent running for an hour something you would start without first thinking about the bill. It lasted thirteen months and went on the same day as the Opus it had shipped beside — a whole generation buried at once.

Provider
Anthropic
Cause of death
Superseded
Notice given
2026-04-14

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