Anthropic releases Claude API version 2026-10-21
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Anthropic releases Claude API version 2026-10-21, its first official Claude API version since 2023, according to a post from its ClaudeDevs account on X. The company says it plans to release versions more often so developers can handle breaking changes before a new model requires them.
The 2023-06-01 version is not deprecated, the post says.
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