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claude-2.0 model retirement
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Calls to the model claude-2.0 on Anthropic stopped working on July 21, 2025.
The error you get
What Anthropic answers a call to claude-2.0 once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:
{"type":"error","error":{"type":"not_found_error","message":"model: claude-2.0"}}
What to use instead of claude-2.0
Move to claude-opus-4-8, recommended by Anthropic.
In Anthropic's words
Retirement date: July 21, 2025; Deprecated model: claude-2.0; Recommended replacement: claude-opus-4-8
Facts
- API
- Anthropic
api.anthropic.com - Model
claude-2.0- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- July 21, 2025
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Anthropic's own pages
Questions
When does claude-2.0 shut down?
Calls to the model claude-2.0 on Anthropic stopped working on July 21, 2025.
What happens to calls after July 21, 2025?
They have failed since July 21, 2025.
What error does claude-2.0 return once it is shut down?
Anthropic answers HTTP 404: "model: claude-2.0". Send another model to fix it.
How do I find the calls this hits in my code?
Okapi reads your repository, finds the calls this change hits and opens a pull request with the fix. It never commits to your branches: every change comes as a pull request you review.
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