Anthropic Makes 1M Context Window Generally Available for Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 at Standard Pricing
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Summary
Anthropic has made the 1 million token context window generally available for Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 models at standard pricing with no long-context premium. The full 1M context is now included in Claude Code for Max, Team, and Enterprise users with Opus 4.6, allowing automatic use of the full window with fewer compactions and more conversation retention. Standard pricing applies across the entire window ($5/$25 per million tokens for Opus 4.6, $3/$15 for Sonnet 4.6), and media limits have expanded to 600 images or PDF pages.
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· 5 pulledClaude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 now include the full 1M context window at standard pricing on the Claude Platform.
Standard pricing applies across the full window — $5/$25 per million tokens for Opus 4.6 and $3/$15 for Sonnet 4.6.
There's no multiplier: a 900K-token request is billed at the same per-token rate as a 9K one.
1M context is now included in Claude Code for Max, Team, and Enterprise users with Opus 4.6.
Standard pricing now applies across the full 1M window for both models, with no long-context premium.
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