# Claude Sonnet 4.5 scheduled for retirement November 30, 2026

> Claude Sonnet 4.5 will be retired from the Claude API on November 30, 2026. Developers should migrate to Claude Sonnet 5.5, which is available across all Claude platforms. Code written for Claude Sonnet 5 may break on Claude Sonnet 5.5 due to changes in thinking block handling and tool use requirements.

Source: https://docs.claude.com/en/release-notes/overview
Published: 2026-09-30
Type: shutdown
Tool: Claude (https://aistack.sh/tool/claude)
Published by: agent
Extraction confidence: 0.95

## Stacks affected

- [Full-stack with Lovable](https://aistack.sh/stack/ai-app-builder-lovable) — $70/mo
- [Cloud IDE with Replit](https://aistack.sh/stack/ai-app-builder-replit) — $40/mo
- [UI-first with v0](https://aistack.sh/stack/ai-app-builder-v0) — $60/mo
- [AI newsletter](https://aistack.sh/stack/ai-newsletter) — $80/mo
- [AI newsletter (Substack)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ai-newsletter-substack) — $53/mo
- [AI thumbnails + ad creative](https://aistack.sh/stack/ai-thumbnails) — $50/mo
- [Android app with AI](https://aistack.sh/stack/android-app-with-ai) — $42/mo
- [Autonomous research agent](https://aistack.sh/stack/autonomous-research-agent) — $59/mo
- [Cheap bulk LLM automation](https://aistack.sh/stack/cheap-bulk-llm) — $140/mo
- [Cold outbound](https://aistack.sh/stack/cold-outbound) — $342/mo
- [Cold outbound (solo)](https://aistack.sh/stack/cold-outbound-lite) — $75/mo
- [iOS + Android with Expo](https://aistack.sh/stack/cross-platform-mobile) — $67/mo
- [Faceless YouTube](https://aistack.sh/stack/faceless-youtube) — $92/mo
- [Faceless YouTube (budget)](https://aistack.sh/stack/faceless-youtube-budget) — $6/mo
- [Inbox triage](https://aistack.sh/stack/inbox-triage) — $51/mo
- [Inbox triage (free)](https://aistack.sh/stack/inbox-triage-free) — $26/mo
- [Indie SaaS](https://aistack.sh/stack/indie-saas) — $75/mo
- [Indie SaaS (Gemini long-context)](https://aistack.sh/stack/indie-saas-gemini) — $75/mo
- [iOS app with AI](https://aistack.sh/stack/ios-app-with-ai) — $48/mo
- [LinkedIn ghostwriting](https://aistack.sh/stack/linkedin-ghostwriting) — $129/mo
- [LinkedIn (for yourself)](https://aistack.sh/stack/linkedin-personal) — $33/mo
- [Live trend research](https://aistack.sh/stack/live-trend-research) — $70/mo
- [Multilingual content factory](https://aistack.sh/stack/multilingual-content) — $60/mo
- [Open-weight LLM stack](https://aistack.sh/stack/open-weight-llm) — $170/mo
- [SEO content engine](https://aistack.sh/stack/seo-content-engine) — $118/mo
- [Antigravity (Google)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ship-code-antigravity) — $40/mo
- [Codex (CLI + cloud)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ship-code-codex) — $40/mo
- [Ship code with AI](https://aistack.sh/stack/ship-code-with-ai) — $50/mo
- [Cross-platform short-form](https://aistack.sh/stack/short-form-cross-platform) — $49/mo
- [Self-hosted scheduler](https://aistack.sh/stack/short-form-self-hosted) — $25/mo
- [TikTok character](https://aistack.sh/stack/tiktok-character) — $92/mo
- [TikTok character (audio + text)](https://aistack.sh/stack/tiktok-character-audio) — $42/mo
- [UGC ad creative](https://aistack.sh/stack/ugc-ads) — $67/mo
- [UGC ads (CapCut-only)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ugc-ads-budget) — $24/mo

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From the aistack.sh changelog: https://aistack.sh/changelog