claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219
Claude Sonnet 3.7 (Anthropic)
Yes — Claude Sonnet 3.7 is retired. Anthropic deprecated it on October 28, 2025 and shut it down on February 19, 2026; API requests to it now fail. The recommended replacement is Claude Sonnet 4.6.
The first Claude with extended thinking, and the release that made a visible reasoning budget a mainstream API feature. It was retired in February 2026, almost exactly a year after launch.
The facts
| Provider | Anthropic |
|---|---|
| Model id | claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219 |
| Also published as | claude-3-7-sonnet-latest |
| Released | February 19, 2025 |
| Deprecated | October 28, 2025 |
| Shutdown | February 19, 2026 · 161 days ago |
| Status | Retired |
| Last verified | July 30, 2026 |
What to use instead
Sonnet 4.6 uses adaptive thinking rather than an explicit budget, so the thinking.budget_tokens field Sonnet 3.7 introduced no longer applies.
What parameters claude-sonnet-4-6 accepts on modelparams.dev
Change the id
In most cases the migration is one string. Check the parameter differences before you ship — newer models drop older sampling knobs more often than they add them.
- "model": "claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219"
+ "model": "claude-sonnet-4-6"
Frequently asked questions
- When did Anthropic Claude Sonnet 3.7 shut down?
- Anthropic Claude Sonnet 3.7 shut down on February 19, 2026. API requests to it fail from that date onward.
- What replaces Anthropic Claude Sonnet 3.7?
- Anthropic recommends Claude Sonnet 4.6 (`claude-sonnet-4-6`) as the replacement for Anthropic Claude Sonnet 3.7. Sonnet 4.6 uses adaptive thinking rather than an explicit budget, so the thinking.budget_tokens field Sonnet 3.7 introduced no longer applies.
- Is Anthropic Claude Sonnet 3.7 still available?
- No. Anthropic Claude Sonnet 3.7 is retired and no longer served — it was shut down on February 19, 2026. Calls to it return an error.
- How do I migrate from Anthropic Claude Sonnet 3.7 to claude-sonnet-4-6?
- Swap the model id in your API call: replace "claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219" with "claude-sonnet-4-6". Sonnet 4.6 uses adaptive thinking rather than an explicit budget, so the thinking.budget_tokens field Sonnet 3.7 introduced no longer applies.
- Does this apply to claude-3-7-sonnet-latest too?
- Yes. Anthropic Claude Sonnet 3.7 is also published as `claude-3-7-sonnet-latest`; that id shares the same lifecycle dates as `claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219`.
Sources
- Anthropic model deprecations · platform.claude.com · accessed July 30, 2026
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