{"version":"2.1.314","anchor":"opus-availability-check-exempts-the-current-model","canonical_anchor":"opus-availability-check-exempts-the-current-model","heading":"Opus may stay available when it is the model you are already using","tier":"notice","area":"Models","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.314\/e\/opus-availability-check-exempts-the-current-model","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.314","markdown":"### Opus may stay available when it is the model you are already using\n\nThe check that hides Opus when its alias is set to never now has an exception for the model currently in use\n\n**Unclear.** The further condition that allows the exception is not known, so it is unclear who keeps Opus available.\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code hides Opus when the Opus model alias resolves to a \"never\" value. The `opus` alias is the name that `ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL` can point at a specific model. This check now has an exception: under a further condition, it is skipped when the alias equals the model currently in use.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis may stop Opus from being hidden when you have already chosen it.\n\n- Area: Models\n- Names: `ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}