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Vertex AI claude-3-haiku model retirement

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Calls to the model claude-3-haiku on Vertex AI stopped working on August 23, 2026.


The error you get

What Vertex AI answers a call to claude-3-haiku once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:

HTTP 404
{"error":{"code":404,"message":"Publisher model `projects/{project}/locations/{region}/publishers/google/models/claude-3-haiku` was not found or your project does not have access to it. Ensure you are using a valid model name and that the model is available in the specified region.","status":"NOT_FOUND"}}

Facts

API
Vertex AI aiplatform.googleapis.com
Model
claude-3-haiku
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
August 23, 2026
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against Vertex AI's own pages

Questions

When does claude-3-haiku shut down?

Calls to the model claude-3-haiku on Vertex AI stopped working on August 23, 2026.

What happens to calls after August 23, 2026?

They have failed since August 23, 2026.

What error does claude-3-haiku return once it is shut down?

Vertex AI answers HTTP 404: "Publisher model `projects/{project}/locations/{region}/publishers/google/models/claude-3-haiku` was not found or your project does not have access to it. Ensure you are using a valid model name and that the model is available in the specified region.". Send another model to fix it.

How do I find the calls this hits in my code?

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