Claude Sonnet 4
Shutting down. Claude Sonnet 4 shuts down on Amazon Bedrock on Oct 14, 2026. Anthropic names Claude Sonnet 5.5 as the replacement.
Today- Next shutdown
- TodayOct 14, 2026 · Amazon Bedrock
- Arena Text
- 1,402#75 of 128 · Arena
- GPQA Diamond
- 79.2%#64 of 108 · Epoch AI
- Context window
- 200KMax output 64K tokens
- Released
- May 22, 2025Anthropic
Dates on every platform
| Platform | Model ID and status | Deprecated | Shuts down | Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude APIAnthropic: Model deprecations (opens in a new tab) · checked Oct 14, 2026 | claude-sonnet-4-20250514Shut down | Shut down | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | |
| Amazon BedrockAmazon Web Services: Amazon Bedrock ListFoundationModels, us-east-1 (opens in a new tab) · checked Oct 14, 2026ap-northeast-1, eu-central-1, eu-north-1, eu-south-1, eu-south-2, eu-west-1, eu-west-3, us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-1, us-west-2, ap-east-2, ap-northeast-2, ap-northeast-3, ap-south-1, ap-south-2, ap-southeast-1, ap-southeast-2, ap-southeast-3, ap-southeast-4, ap-southeast-5, ap-southeast-7, il-central-1 | anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0Deprecated since Apr 14, 2026 · also apac.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0, eu.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0, global.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0, us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0 | – | TodayPaid extended access from Jul 14, 2026 | – |
| Google Vertex AIGoogle Cloud: Claude Sonnet 4 on Google Cloud (opens in a new tab) · checked Oct 14, 2026 | claude-sonnet-4@20250514Active · also claude-sonnet-4 | – | Floor passedNot sooner than | – |
New customers can't use Legacy models on Bedrock, and accounts that stop calling one for 15 days may lose access before end of life.
In us-east-1, requests go through a cross-Region inference profile (listed in aliases).
Public extended access started on 14 July 2026; the model provider may charge higher prices until end of life.
Retired on the Claude API on June 15, 2026. Google lists no shutdown date here; its earliest retirement date has passed.
What breaks when you move off Claude Sonnet 4
- Availability
- Availability
- Tooling
- Pricing
Intelligence
| Benchmark | Publisher | Score | Rank | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Text | Arena | 1,402 ± 2 | #75 of 128 | Oct 8, 2026 |
| GPQA Diamond | Epoch AI | 79.2% ± 2.7% | #64 of 108 | May 26, 2025 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | Epoch AI | 71.1% ± 6.8% | #68 of 105 | May 22, 2025 |
Arena (arena.ai), https://arena.ai/leaderboard
Epoch AI, ‘Capabilities & benchmarking’. Published online at epoch.ai. Retrieved from ‘https://epoch.ai/benchmarks’ [online resource].
List prices
| Platform | Input | Cached | Output | In effect | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Bedrockanthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0 | $3.00 | $0.30 | $15.00 | Sep 1, 2026Current · Standard tier, in-Region or geographic cross-Region inference. | Amazon Web Services: AWS Price List API: AmazonBedrockFoundationModels, us-east-1 (opens in a new tab) |
Change history
ShutdownClaude Sonnet 4 reaches end of life on Amazon BedrockAmazon Bedrock4 breaks
Bedrock moved Claude Sonnet 4 to Legacy on 14 April 2026 and public extended access began on 14 July 2026. ListFoundationModels gives the end of life as 08:00 UTC on 14 October 2026 in most Regions.
- Platform
- Amazon Bedrock
- Model
- Claude Sonnet 4
- Announced
- AvailabilityNew customers can't use Legacy models, and accounts that stop calling one for 15 days may lose access before the end-of-life date.
- AvailabilityRequests to the model ID fail after the end-of-life date. Bedrock does not migrate applications to another model.
- ToolingYou can't create new Provisioned Throughput or fine-tuning jobs for a Legacy model.
- PricingDuring public extended access, the model provider may charge higher prices until end of life.
Source: Amazon Web Services, Amazon Bedrock ListFoundationModels, us-east-1 (opens in a new tab); Amazon Web Services, Amazon Bedrock User Guide: Model lifecycle (Legacy) (opens in a new tab)
ShutdownClaude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4 shut down on the Claude APIClaude API
Requests to claude-sonnet-4-20250514 and claude-opus-4-20250514 fail from the retirement date. Anthropic named Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Claude Opus 4.8 as the replacements.
- Platform
- Claude API
- Models
- Claude Sonnet 4, Claude Opus 4
- Announced