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Claude 3 Haiku retirement date: April 20, 2026

Retired on April 20, 2026; requests to claude-3-haiku-20240307 now fail.

Retired on Apr 20, 2026retired
Provider
Anthropic
Model IDs affected
claude-3-haiku-20240307
Announced
February 19, 2026
Shutdown date
April 20, 2026
Replacement
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Platforms
Dates apply to the Claude API and other Anthropic-operated platforms. Amazon Bedrock and Claude Models on Google Cloud (Google managed) set their own retirement schedules, so check those model tables separately.
Source
Official Anthropic deprecations page (data last changed 2026-11-02, re-checked daily)

Migrating from Claude 3 Haiku to Claude Haiku 4.5

Not yet reviewed. We haven't written model-specific migration notes for Claude 3 Haiku yet. Start with the provider's official guidance and the replacement's model page, and use this general checklist:

  • Search your code, config and environment variables for claude-3-haiku-20240307.
  • Re-run your evaluation set against claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 before switching traffic.
  • Recount tokens with the new model's tokenizer and re-check max_tokens, context fit and cost.
  • Check tool calling, structured output and stop sequences on your real prompts.
  • Dates apply to the Claude API and other Anthropic-operated platforms. Amazon Bedrock and Claude Models on Google Cloud (Google managed) set their own retirement schedules, so check those model tables separately.

Check your code before Apr 20

All model retirements · All Anthropic deprecations

FAQ

When was Claude 3 Haiku retired?

Claude 3 Haiku (claude-3-haiku-20240307) was retired on the Claude API on April 20, 2026, according to the official Claude API deprecations page. Requests to it now fail.

What should I use instead of claude-3-haiku-20240307?

The recommended replacement is claude-haiku-4-5-20251001.

What happens to claude-3-haiku-20240307 requests after the shutdown date?

After a model is retired, API requests to it return an error. Move traffic to the replacement and test it on your own prompts before the date.

Does this date apply to Amazon Bedrock, Vertex AI or Azure?

Dates apply to the Claude API and other Anthropic-operated platforms. Amazon Bedrock and Claude Models on Google Cloud (Google managed) set their own retirement schedules, so check those model tables separately.