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Azure AI Foundry claude-opus-4-6 model retirement

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Calls to the model claude-opus-4-6 on Azure AI Foundry stop working on February 2, 2027.


In Azure AI Foundry's words

Model: claude-opus-4-6; Version: 1; Lifecycle: GA; Retirement date: 2027-02-02; Replacement: —

Azure AI Foundry, Deprecations page

Facts

API
Azure AI Foundry *.services.ai.azure.com
Model
claude-opus-4-6
Released
February 4, 2026 (models.dev)
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
February 2, 2027
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against Azure AI Foundry's own pages

Questions

When does claude-opus-4-6 shut down?

Calls to the model claude-opus-4-6 on Azure AI Foundry stop working on February 2, 2027.

What happens to calls after February 2, 2027?

They fail from that day.

When was claude-opus-4-6 released?

claude-opus-4-6 was released on February 4, 2026, 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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