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AI Coding Assistant Aider Fails as Anthropic Claude 3 Opus Model is Retired

The AI coding assistant Aider is encountering errors because a configured model, anthropic/claude-3-opus, has been retired by its provider. This issue is not a bug in Aider but rather a consequence of the model's removal from the provider's catalog, leading to a 404 error. Users can resolve this by checking the available models and updating their Aider configuration to use a current model slug, such as anthropic/claude-opus-4.7. AI

IMPACT Users of AI coding assistants may face similar issues if underlying models are retired, requiring configuration updates.

RANK_REASON Article discusses a specific issue with an AI tool (Aider) related to model availability, not a core AI release or research.

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AI Coding Assistant Aider Fails as Anthropic Claude 3 Opus Model is Retired

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · MilkyWay008 ·

    Aider Says 'No Endpoints Found' — Your Model Was Retired, Here's How to Fix It

    <p>Your AI coding tool was working fine yesterday. Today it 404s on every request with something like "No endpoints found for anthropic/claude-3-opus." and you're wondering what broke.</p> <p>Nothing broke on your end. The model you had configured was retired by the provider, and…