Release tracker / Anthropic

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Anthropic model releases

Every Anthropic model launch we have recorded, newest first: Haiku, Sonnet, Opus, Fable. Each one links to its source, and to how it ranks on our benchmarks where we have tested it.

Latest
Claude Haiku 5.5, 7 Oct 2026
Launches
25
Since
4 Mar 2024
Since last launch
5 days

Anthropic's latest model

Claude Haiku 5.5 came out 5 days ago. Anthropic posts its own announcements at www.anthropic.com/news. Spotted a launch we're missing? Tell us.

How often Anthropic ships

Lines with at least three launches in the last two years. Amber: longer since the last launch than the line's average gap. Grey: no launch for 90 days or more, marked quiet.

LineSizeLaunchesAverage gapLatestLast launch
Opus Large 8 70 days Claude Opus 5.522 Sep 2026 20 days ago
Fable Large 3 74 days Claude Fable 5.11 Sep 2026 41 days ago
Sonnet Medium 7 118 days Claude Sonnet 5.528 Sep 2026 14 days ago
Haiku Small 3 358 days Claude Haiku 5.57 Oct 2026 5 days ago

Every Anthropic release

Questions

What is Anthropic's latest model?
Claude Haiku 5.5, released 7 Oct 2026 (5 days ago). It is the newest of the 25 Anthropic launches we have recorded since 4 Mar 2024.
When will Anthropic release its next model?
Anthropic has not announced its next model. It usually releases a new Opus model about every 70 days; the last was Claude Opus 5.5, 20 days ago. It usually releases a new Fable model about every 74 days; the last was Claude Fable 5.1, 41 days ago. It usually releases a new Sonnet model about every 118 days; the last was Claude Sonnet 5.5, 14 days ago. It usually releases a new Haiku model about every 358 days; the last was Claude Haiku 5.5, 5 days ago.
How often does Anthropic release new models?
Over the last two years: a new Opus model about every 70 days (8 launches); a new Fable model about every 74 days (3 launches); a new Sonnet model about every 118 days (7 launches); a new Haiku model about every 358 days (3 launches).

Other providers: OpenAI, Mistral AI, Alibaba, Google, DeepSeek, xAI, Meta, Z.ai, Moonshot AI, Microsoft, MiniMax, Xiaomi, Amazon, NVIDIA, StepFun. Or see every launch on one timeline.

A launch is the first day a model was publicly available, previews included; a family's sizes released together count once, and later dated updates of a model are left out. Main lines are checked by hand against the provider's own changelog or announcement where we could read it ("Provider"), otherwise a reference page ("Reference"); the rest come from Epoch AI's model data (CC BY 4.0).