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Anthropic updates API with Claude Sonnet 5.5, enhances Claude Mods

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Anthropic has updated its API with Claude Sonnet 5.5 as the new default Sonnet model, maintaining the same pricing as its predecessor. The update also introduces Claude Mods, enhancing plugin capabilities, and new settings like CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_WEB_FETCH for greater control. Additionally, fixes have been implemented for session resume functionality and auto-compaction, ensuring more robust handling of long conversations and API timeouts. AI

IMPACT Enhances developer control and conversation management within the Anthropic API ecosystem.

RANK_REASON This is a software update and feature release for an existing product, not a new frontier model release.

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Anthropic updates API with Claude Sonnet 5.5, enhances Claude Mods

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    This week in Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI (week of October 4, 2026)

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