Unclear It is not clear whether this changes the context limit or compaction point a user actually sees.
What
The context window is how much text a model can consider at once. Some models can reach 1 million tokens (1M).
- The model schema accepts two new optional fields from remote config:
maximum_windowandclamp_long_context_without_beta. - Sonnet 4, Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.6 now carry
maximum_window: 1e6(1 million). Sonnet 4 also hasclamp_long_context_without_betaset. - The capability record replaces
has1mWithoutOptInandunclampedButBilledPast200kwithlongContextWindowWithoutOptInandapiContextWindowWithoutOptIn. - The check for whether a window counts as long-context without opt-in now compares it with the larger of those two values instead of testing a fixed size and a yes/no flag.
- The long-context warning and the claude-desktop 1M notice now compare against a threshold instead of reading a yes/no value.
Why
This can change when a model is treated as having more than 200k context without opting in, which affects context limits, compaction and the 1M notice. The limits can now be adjusted from the server.
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It is not clear whether this changes the context limit or compaction point a user actually sees.