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RELEASE — Claude Code v2.1.243 shipped on August 25 with broad improvements across usage reporting, model selection, sign-in, and reliabilityUSAGE — /usage now breaks results down per loop, showing run count, total tokens, tokens per run, and last run, which makes a chatty /loop task easy to spotSETTINGS — modelPicker lets you curate the /model list with your own order and labels, while promptCacheTtl and subagentPromptCacheTtl let the main conversation and subagents keep different cache lifetimesLOGIN — /login now offers keyless sign-in with an Anthropic Console account, so organizations that do not permit API keys can still get inPERFORMANCE — The native binary is now zstd-compressed, dropping from roughly 340MB to 75MB on Linux x64, and each session uses about 40 to 60MB less memoryFIX — v2.1.245 resolves a startup crash on distributions shipping glibc 2.44, including Arch Linux, CachyOS, and Fedora RawhideRELEASE — Claude Code v2.1.243 shipped on August 25 with broad improvements across usage reporting, model selection, sign-in, and reliabilityUSAGE — /usage now breaks results down per loop, showing run count, total tokens, tokens per run, and last run, which makes a chatty /loop task easy to spotSETTINGS — modelPicker lets you curate the /model list with your own order and labels, while promptCacheTtl and subagentPromptCacheTtl let the main conversation and subagents keep different cache lifetimesLOGIN — /login now offers keyless sign-in with an Anthropic Console account, so organizations that do not permit API keys can still get inPERFORMANCE — The native binary is now zstd-compressed, dropping from roughly 340MB to 75MB on Linux x64, and each session uses about 40 to 60MB less memoryFIX — v2.1.245 resolves a startup crash on distributions shipping glibc 2.44, including Arch Linux, CachyOS, and Fedora Rawhide
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Claude API Pricing Guide 2026 — Complete Cost Breakdown for Every Model, Batch API, and Prompt Caching

A complete guide to Claude API pricing in 2026. Learn the per-token costs for Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6, and Haiku 4.5, how to save up to 95% with Batch API and Prompt Caching, and see real-world cost estimates for common use cases.