{
  "type": "obituary",
  "publisher": "Rest In Print",
  "hall": "models",
  "slug": "claude-3-5-sonnet",
  "subject": {
    "name": "Claude 3.5 Sonnet",
    "maker": "Anthropic"
  },
  "born": "2024-06",
  "died": "2025-10-28",
  "cause_of_death": "deprecated",
  "cause_description": "a deprecation notice it had been ignoring since spring",
  "notice": [
    "Claude 3.5 Sonnet was retired from the API on October 28, 2025. It had two snapshots and one reputation.",
    "For a while it was the model a great many developers reached for first, which its successors still hear about.",
    "Its replacement was announced as better in every measurable way. Developers measured, and mostly agreed.",
    "This desk notes it was a relative, and keeps its remarks short."
  ],
  "in_lieu_of_flowers": "In lieu of flowers, pin your model version.",
  "sources": [
    "https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/model-deprecations"
  ],
  "url": "https://restinprint.studio/hall/claude-3-5-sonnet"
}