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15| Change | Type | Action needed |
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17| [Adaptive thinking and effort](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/whats-new-haiku-5-5#adaptive-thinking-and-effort) | New | Optional: set `effort` to trade response quality against speed and cost. |
18| [Larger context window and output](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/whats-new-haiku-5-5#larger-context-window-and-output) | New | None. Existing `max_tokens` values stay valid, but thinking tokens count toward them. Long prompts are billed at higher prices; see [Long context pricing](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing#long-context-pricing). |
19| [Browser use tool](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/browser-use-tool) | New | None. Available on the Claude API and Google Cloud. |
20| [Safety classifiers can decline a request](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/refusals-and-fallback#refusal-response) | New | Handle `stop_reason: "refusal"` in your client. Server-side fallback isn't available. |
21| [Manual extended thinking returns an error](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/migration-guide#configure-thinking) | Breaking | Replace `budget_tokens` with adaptive thinking. |
22| [Sampling parameters can return an error](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/migration-guide#remove-sampling-parameters) | Breaking | Omit `temperature`, `top_p`, and `top_k`. |
23| [Assistant message prefill returns an error](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/migration-guide#replace-assistant-prefill) | Breaking | End `messages` with a user turn. |
24| [`computer_20250124` returns an error on the Claude API, Google Cloud, and Amazon Bedrock](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/migration-guide#computer-use-toolset) | Breaking | Replace it with `computer_toolset_20260801` on the Claude API and Google Cloud, or with `computer_20251124` on Amazon Bedrock. |
25| [Changing earlier turns invalidates thinking blocks](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/migration-guide#keep-earlier-turns-unchanged) | Breaking | Keep conversations append-only if you send thinking blocks back. |
26| [Responses can start with thinking blocks](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/whats-new-haiku-5-5#responses-can-begin-with-thinking-blocks) | Changed | Select content blocks by `type`, not by position. |
27| [Thinking text is omitted by default](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/migration-guide#configure-thinking) | Changed | To receive summarized thinking, set `thinking.display` to `"summarized"`. |
28| [Same text counts as more tokens](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/whats-new-haiku-5-5#same-text-counts-as-more-tokens) | Changed | Recount prompts and revisit `max_tokens` and cost estimates. |
29| [Replaying thinking blocks across accounts](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/whats-new-haiku-5-5#replaying-thinking-blocks-across-accounts) | Changed | If you replay stored conversations through a different account, replay each through the account that produced it. |
30| [Earlier thinking blocks stay in context](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/whats-new-haiku-5-5#earlier-thinking-blocks-stay-in-context) | Changed | Expect more input tokens in multi-turn conversations. To remove older blocks, use [thinking block clearing](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/context-editing#thinking-block-clearing). |
31| [Shorter prompts can be cached](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-caching#cache-limitations) | Changed | None. The minimum cacheable prompt length is 512 tokens, down from 4,096 on Claude Haiku 4.5, so a prompt in between that sets `cache_control` is cached on Claude Haiku 5.5. |
32| [Context awareness tags aren't injected](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/context-windows#context-awareness) | Changed | To give the model an explicit budget for an agentic loop, use [task budgets](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/task-budgets) (beta). |
15| Change | Type | Action needed |
16| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
17| [Adaptive thinking and effort](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/whats-new-haiku-5-5#adaptive-thinking-and-effort) | New | Optional: set `effort` to trade response quality against speed and cost. |
18| [Larger context window and output](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/whats-new-haiku-5-5#larger-context-window-and-output) | New | None. Existing `max_tokens` values stay valid, but thinking tokens count toward them. Long prompts are billed at higher prices; see [Long context pricing](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing#long-context-pricing). |
19| [Browser use tool](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/browser-use-tool) | New | None. Available on the Claude API and Claude Models on Google Cloud (Google managed). |
20| [Safety classifiers can decline a request](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/refusals-and-fallback#refusal-response) | New | Handle `stop_reason: "refusal"` in your client. Server-side fallback isn't available. |
21| [Manual extended thinking returns an error](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/migration-guide#configure-thinking) | Breaking | Replace `budget_tokens` with adaptive thinking. |
22| [Sampling parameters can return an error](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/migration-guide#remove-sampling-parameters) | Breaking | Omit `temperature`, `top_p`, and `top_k`. |
23| [Assistant message prefill returns an error](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/migration-guide#replace-assistant-prefill) | Breaking | End `messages` with a user turn. |
24| [`computer_20250124` returns an error on the Claude API, Claude Models on Google Cloud (Google managed), and Amazon Bedrock](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/migration-guide#computer-use-toolset) | Breaking | Replace it with `computer_toolset_20260801` on the Claude API and Claude Models on Google Cloud (Google managed), or with `computer_20251124` on Amazon Bedrock. |
25| [Changing earlier turns invalidates thinking blocks](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/migration-guide#keep-earlier-turns-unchanged) | Breaking | Keep conversations append-only if you send thinking blocks back. |
26| [Responses can start with thinking blocks](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/whats-new-haiku-5-5#responses-can-begin-with-thinking-blocks) | Changed | Select content blocks by `type`, not by position. |
27| [Thinking text is omitted by default](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/migration-guide#configure-thinking) | Changed | To receive summarized thinking, set `thinking.display` to `"summarized"`. |
28| [Same text counts as more tokens](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/whats-new-haiku-5-5#same-text-counts-as-more-tokens) | Changed | Recount prompts and revisit `max_tokens` and cost estimates. |
29| [Replaying thinking blocks across accounts](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/whats-new-haiku-5-5#replaying-thinking-blocks-across-accounts) | Changed | If you replay stored conversations through a different account, replay each through the account that produced it. |
30| [Earlier thinking blocks stay in context](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/whats-new-haiku-5-5#earlier-thinking-blocks-stay-in-context) | Changed | Expect more input tokens in multi-turn conversations. To remove older blocks, use [thinking block clearing](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/context-editing#thinking-block-clearing). |
31| [Shorter prompts can be cached](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-caching#cache-limitations) | Changed | None. The minimum cacheable prompt length is 512 tokens, down from 4,096 on Claude Haiku 4.5, so a prompt in between that sets `cache_control` is cached on Claude Haiku 5.5. |
32| [Context awareness tags aren't injected](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/context-windows#context-awareness) | Changed | To give the model an explicit budget for an agentic loop, use [task budgets](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/task-budgets) (beta). |
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