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Claude Code v2.1.197 ·

Claude Sonnet 5 Is Now the Default Model

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What

Claude Sonnet 5 (claude-sonnet-5) becomes the default Sonnet tier model, replacing Claude Sonnet 4.6. The sonnet alias now resolves to claude-sonnet-5.

Details
  • Model ID: claude-sonnet-5
  • 1M context window, 64K default output tokens, 128K max output tokens
  • Full adaptive thinking support (max effort level enabled)
  • Available on all providers: first-party Anthropic API, Bedrock (us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-5), Vertex (claude-sonnet-5), Foundry, Gateway, and Mantle (anthropic.claude-sonnet-5)
  • Sonnet 4.6 is retained in the model picker as "Sonnet 4.6 · Previous Sonnet version"
  • Hook examples in settings/CLAUDE.md now reference claude-sonnet-5
Evidence

SONNET_ID constant updated (search for "claude-sonnet-5" in model constants; SONNET_NAME: "Claude Sonnet 5")

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

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