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Claude Haiku 5.5

An October 2026 Claude release aimed at high-volume, latency-sensitive work, with adaptive thinking.

Hosted model editionSeptember / October 2026 releaseOfficial source ↗

Release facts and lifecycle

Release announced
October 7, 2026
Model ID
claude-haiku-5-5
Announced context
1 million tokens
Announced maximum output
128,000 tokens
Thinking
Adaptive thinking with effort control

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Where to start

Test a representative queue of easy and difficult requests. Tune the native effort parameter and record tail latency, schema validity, incorrect values and retry cost.

  • High-volume workflows
  • Structured extraction
  • Latency-sensitive tasks

What to check before deployment

Migration from Haiku 4.5 needs attention: manual budget_tokens thinking, sampling parameters and assistant prefill can return 400 errors on Haiku 5.5.

Confirm the exact model ID, checkpoint revision and endpoint in your test record. A base model name does not establish a provider's quantization, accepted inputs, context limit or current availability.

Measure useful results

Build a small evaluation from the workflow you already run. Define the expected answer before testing. Track correct results, formatting errors, retries, complete request time and reported input and output usage.

Count rejected answers and manual corrections. A low token rate can still produce a high cost per accepted result when the workflow needs retries or repair.

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Sources and scope

This page is an editorial evaluation guide, not a benchmark result or a claim that this model is served by Flonno.

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License / access: Provider service terms. Read the linked license or service terms for the full conditions. Original release and lifecycle sources checked 2026-10-10.