Anthropic
The lab behind Claude and Claude Code.
- Type
- AI lab
- Last shipped
- Oct 21, 2026
Everything Anthropic shipped
October 2026
- LaunchClaude
Anthropic opened a research preview of Claude Duet, a proactive agent app, by waitlist for Pro and Max subscribers in the US.
- New featureClaude
Anthropic's Claude Security now re-scans connected code repositories continuously and tracks findings until fixed, in public beta for Claude Enterprise customers.
- New featureClaude Code
Claude Code now gzips the conversation it sends each turn, so replies start sooner for users.
- AvailabilityClaude Code
Anthropic made Claude Code Review generally available for Team and Enterprise plans, with faster reviews and admin-selectable review depth.
- New featureClaude Code
Claude Code desktop app adds a session sidebar, nested sessions for parallel tasks, suggested follow-up sessions, and saved environments for starting sessions faster.
- AvailabilityClaude Code
Anthropic opened Claude Code Projects to every Pro and Max user on the waitlist, after it launched in beta for select users.
- LaunchClaude
Anthropic launched Claude Dashboards and Claude Motion in beta, which turn your data into live dashboards and your ideas into animated explainers.
- LaunchClaude
Anthropic launched OSS Scanner, which uses its frontier models to scan opted-in open-source projects for vulnerabilities at no cost, with proof-of-concept and suggested fixes.
- AvailabilityClaude
Anthropic moved Claude Docs, Slides and Design out of beta, making them available on every plan including Free, where users and Claude can edit together.
- New modelClaude Code
Anthropic added Claude Haiku 5.5 to Claude Code, a small model that costs about 75% less than Haiku 4.5 and suits subagent work.
- PricingClaude
Anthropic cut the price of cache reads on Claude Sonnet 5.5 in half, to $0.10 per million tokens, for developers.
- New modelClaude
Anthropic released Claude Haiku 5.5, its cheapest and fastest small model, costing about 75% less to run than Haiku 4.5.
- AvailabilityClaude
Anthropic expanded its Cyber Verification Program so verified security professionals can use Claude Mythos 5.1, Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5, with new tiers for authorized offensive work.
- New featureClaude
Anthropic's Claude now works in a sidebar inside Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, and those files open in Claude, in beta on paid plans.
- New featureClaude Code
Claude Code added a You Should Know plugin that scans Claude's output for important details users might miss, enabled with a plugin command.
- New featureClaude Code
Claude Code now supports mods, TypeScript add-ons that change its behavior or interface, installed inside plugins with /plugin in the CLI or desktop app.
September 2026
- AvailabilityClaude Code
Anthropic made Sonnet 5.5 available in Claude Code and gave all Pro, Max and Team users a usage reset to apply before Oct 22.
- New modelClaude Code
Anthropic released Sonnet 5.5 in Claude Code, which runs over 30% faster than Sonnet 5 and costs up to 30% less for most work.
- New modelClaude
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5.5, which runs more than 30% faster than Sonnet 5 and costs up to 30% less for most work.
- New featureClaude Code
Claude Code now looks for a graceful stopping point when you hit your 5-hour limit mid-task, using a small allowance from your weekly limit.
- PricingClaude Code
Anthropic will resume charging for requests its safeguards block in biology, distillation attacks and frontier LLM development, including in Claude Code.
- LaunchClaude Code
Claude Code cloud sessions are out of research preview, and existing Pro and Max subscribers get a one-time credit of $100 or $250.
- New featureClaude Code
Claude Code Projects now supports local threads, so project threads can run on your own machine instead of only in the cloud.
- LaunchClaude
Anthropic opened Claude Marketplace, where users can find connectors, plugins, agents and service partners such as Slack, Notion, Cursor and Accenture.
- New modelClaude Code
Anthropic released Opus 5.5 in Claude Code, about 30% faster and 40% cheaper than Opus 5, with 5-hour session limits up 20%.
- PricingClaude
Anthropic is raising five-hour usage limits on Pro, Max and Team plans and giving subscribers a rate limit reset they can save for later.
- New modelClaude
Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5, the first Claude 5.5 model, which matches Fable 5.1 on most tasks and costs 40% less than Opus 5.
- AvailabilityClaude
Anthropic opened beta applications for its Life Sciences Verification Program, giving life science teams access to Claude models, including Mythos, with new safeguards.
- New featureClaude Code
Anthropic added Projects in Claude Code, where one conversation directs parallel cloud threads, in beta for select Pro and Max users.
- New featureClaude Code
Claude Design, Claude Slides and Claude Docs now work inside Claude Code, so users can make decks, docs and mockups from repo files.
- New featureClaude
Anthropic is merging Claude Cowork and chat into one Claude, rolling out to Pro and Max users over the next few weeks.
- LaunchClaude
Anthropic released Salesforce in Claude in beta, bringing accounts, opportunities and pipeline into Claude with 37 pre-built sales skills.
- New featureClaude Code
Claude Code adds the claude plugin eval command, which lets plugin builders test and score a plugin with and without it.
- New featureClaude Code
The Claude Code desktop app lets users pop out any pane, such as the diff or terminal, into its own window.
- New featureClaude Code
Claude Code desktop app now runs computer use in the background so Claude works in allowed apps while you keep working, in beta on Pro and Max, macOS only.
- New featureClaude
Anthropic lets Claude use your computer in the background in Cowork and Claude Code, in beta on Pro and Max for the macOS desktop app.
- New modelClaude Code
Anthropic released Fable 5.1 in Claude Code at the same price as Fable 5, with 75% cheaper cache reads and longer work before needing input.
- New modelClaude
Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.1 to everyone and Claude Mythos 5.1 to cyberdefenders and life scientists through trusted access programs.
August 2026
- PricingClaude Code
Anthropic will permanently raise standard weekly Claude Code limits by 25% from September 14 for Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise plans.
- New featureClaude Code
Claude Code desktop app can now resume terminal sessions with /resume, continuing any CLI session with its full conversation and context.
- New featureClaude Code
Claude Code made CLI startup faster, added visibility into where tokens go, made auto mode rules easier to view and edit, and fixed Remote Control issues.
- PricingClaude
Anthropic launched a Claude Team plan for 10,000 scientists with free standard seats and premium seats at $15 per month for one year.
- New featureClaude Code
Claude Code can now draft feedback reports itself when something fails or goes wrong, and users can review, edit and approve them before sending.
- New featureClaude
Anthropic added a built-in browser to Claude Cowork on the desktop app, rolling out over a week to all paid plans.
- New featureClaude
Anthropic gave Claude one shared memory across chat and Cowork that users can read, edit or delete in Settings, on by default for Free, Pro and Max.
