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Claude Developers: Opus 5.5 fast mode on the Claude Platform leaves research preview, without a waitlist, at $8 / $40 per million tokens
Posted on X by Claude Developers (@ClaudeDevs) on 15 October 2026. The headline is our summary; the post itself is quoted below.
Claude Developers@ClaudeDevs ·
Opus 5.5 fast mode in the Claude Platform is no longer in research preview, and we’ve removed the waitlist! It’s the same Opus 5.5 but…
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Context
- Claude Code 2.1.301Released the same day (UTC). Added CLAUDE_CODE_RETRY_WATCHDOG_MAX_USAGE_LIMIT_WAIT_MS so unattended retry mode (CLAUDE_CODE_RETRY_WATCHDOG) ends a request at a usage limit that resets too far away instead of waiting · and more
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