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1717## Overview
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19Claude Sonnet 5.5 offers the best combination of speed and intelligence. Five breaking changes affect code already running on Claude Sonnet 5:
19Claude Sonnet 5.5 offers the best combination of speed and intelligence. Five breaking changes can affect code already running on Claude Sonnet 5:
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2121* [Turn off up-front thinking with `between_tools`](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/whats-new-sonnet-5-5#turn-off-up-front-thinking).
2222* [Forced tool use returns an error](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/whats-new-sonnet-5-5#forced-tool-use-is-not-supported).
2323* [Thinking blocks are tied to the model and the conversation](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/whats-new-sonnet-5-5#thinking-blocks-are-tied-to-the-model-that-produced-them).
24* On the Claude API and Claude Models on Google Cloud (Google managed), [the earlier `computer_20251124` computer use tool is not accepted](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/whats-new-sonnet-5-5#computer-20251124-is-not-supported).
24* [Some computer use tool versions are not supported](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/whats-new-sonnet-5-5#computer-20251124-is-not-supported).
2525* [The advisor tool rejects four models as advisors](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/whats-new-sonnet-5-5#advisor-tool-pairings): Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Opus 4.7, Claude Sonnet 5, and Claude Haiku 5.5.
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2727One more change alters the response shape without failing any request: [text between tool calls comes back in `thinking` blocks](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/whats-new-sonnet-5-5#text-between-tool-calls). An application that streams that text to its users goes quiet between tool calls until it sets a `display` value that returns the text, or turns off up-front thinking with `between_tools`.
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