LaunchDevelopersJuly 22, 2026
Claude Code adds Opus 5 as default model in v2.1.218
Claude Code v2.1.218 adds Claude Opus 5 as the default Opus model with 1M context and fast mode at $50 per million tokens. Also introduces sandbox.network.strictAllowlist setting and various fixes.
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