Claude Code v2.0.51 ·
Default Model Logic for Max/Team Users
EntryKind: in v2.0.51,
ChangesSection of the release
Max and Team subscribers now default to Opus 4.5 instead of requiring manual model selection.
- First-party API users get Opus 4.5 by default
- Cloud provider (Bedrock/Vertex) users continue with Opus 4.1
- Respects
ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL environment variable override - Evidence: Function
PnA() at line 224154, QUA() at line 224121
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