Anthropic GA: Structured Outputs Available for Claude Sonnet/Opus 4.5/4.6
Action Required
Users relying on structured outputs for Claude models must update their code and configurations to utilize the new `output_config.format` parameter or migrate to newer model versions to avoid service disruptions.
AI Impact Summary
Anthropic is generally releasing new capabilities for Claude Sonnet and Opus models, including structured outputs with the `output_config.format` parameter. This change impacts users who were previously utilizing the beta `output_format` parameter, requiring them to update their configurations. The deprecation of older models like Claude Sonnet 3.7 and Claude Haiku 3.5 also necessitates migration to newer versions (Sonnet 4.6 and Haiku 4.5) to avoid service disruptions.
Affected Systems
- Date
- Date not specified
- Change type
- capability
- Severity
- high