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●2.1.283 — No Claude Code release over the weekend; 2.1.283 from September 25 is still the latest. Its new auto-mode default deserves a check against your allow rules●PLANS — Pro and Team Standard now default to Opus instead of Sonnet, a change shipped in Claude Code 2.1.280 that shifts how you compare plans●10/07 — Nine days left until the old spellings of the Claude Desktop / Cowork managed config keys stop being accepted; after that they fail closed●AUTO — Users are asking why commands covered by allow rules get rejected in auto mode. The fix is shaping the invoked command to match the rule●NEW — The week Opus 5.5 became the default: three places an alias was still pointing at the old model●CURSOR — Cursor credits burn in proportion to model cost, so routing Claude through Cursor gets expensive fast. Above ~50 requests a day, flat-rate Claude Code Pro is the steadier choice●2.1.283 — No Claude Code release over the weekend; 2.1.283 from September 25 is still the latest. Its new auto-mode default deserves a check against your allow rules●PLANS — Pro and Team Standard now default to Opus instead of Sonnet, a change shipped in Claude Code 2.1.280 that shifts how you compare plans●10/07 — Nine days left until the old spellings of the Claude Desktop / Cowork managed config keys stop being accepted; after that they fail closed●AUTO — Users are asking why commands covered by allow rules get rejected in auto mode. The fix is shaping the invoked command to match the rule●NEW — The week Opus 5.5 became the default: three places an alias was still pointing at the old model●CURSOR — Cursor credits burn in proportion to model cost, so routing Claude through Cursor gets expensive fast. Above ~50 requests a day, flat-rate Claude Code Pro is the steadier choice
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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.