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Azure AI Foundry claude-opus-4-1 model retirement

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On August 5, 2026, Azure AI Foundry retired model claude-opus-4-1. Calls targeting this model fail since that date. The retirement affects all requests specifying model claude-opus-4-1.


What to use instead of claude-opus-4-1

Migrate to claude-opus-5. Note that claude-opus-5 stops working on July 8, 2027, and no permanent replacement is named yet.

In Azure AI Foundry's words

Model: claude-opus-4-1; Version: —; Lifecycle: Retired; Retirement date: 2026-08-05; Replacement: claude-opus-5

Azure AI Foundry, Deprecations page

Facts

API
Azure AI Foundry *.services.ai.azure.com
Model
claude-opus-4-1
Released
August 5, 2025 (models.dev)
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
August 5, 2026
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against Azure AI Foundry's own pages

Questions

When does claude-opus-4-1 shut down?

Calls to the model claude-opus-4-1 on Azure AI Foundry stopped working on August 5, 2026.

What happens to calls after August 5, 2026?

They have failed since August 5, 2026.

When was claude-opus-4-1 released?

claude-opus-4-1 was released on August 5, 2025, according to models.dev.

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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