We've released v1.0 of the Python SDK

Thursday, 20 August 2026

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Anthropic released v1.0 of the Python SDK with significant updates and toolset availability on Google Cloud.

Python SDK v1.0 released with HTTP layer upgrade to httpx2.
Removed deprecated features including legacy Text Completions API.
Async client response handling updated to require 'await response.parse()'.
Computer and browser toolsets available on Google Cloud for multiple Claude models.

Why it matters: Developers using the Python SDK and Claude models should review changes for compatibility and new features.

We've released v1.0 of the Python SDK. The SDK's HTTP layer moves from httpx to httpx2, a maintained, API-compatible fork: build custom http_client, Timeout, and transport objects from httpx2 (the DefaultHttpxClient helpers are unchanged), and call httpx2.alias_httpx() at startup if you rely on tracing or mocking libraries that patch httpx. v1.0 requires Python 3.10 or later and removes long-deprecated surface, including the legacy Text Completions API, the temperature, top_p, and top_k parameters on Messages methods, and the tool runner's client-side compaction_control. On the async client, .with_raw_response results now need await response.parse(), and AnthropicBedrock now raises an error when no AWS region is configured instead of defaulting to us-east-1. See the v1 migration guide for every change with before-and-after snippets.
The computer use and browser use toolsets (computer_toolset_20260801 and browser_toolset_20260801) are now available on Google Cloud for Claude Fable 5, Claude Mythos 5, Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5, and Claude Opus 4.8. Requests use the same tools entries as on the Claude API.

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We've released v1.0 of the Python SDK. The SDK's HTTP layer moves from httpx to httpx2, a maintained, API-compatible fork: build custom http_client, Timeout, and transport objects from httpx2 (the DefaultHttpxClient helpers are unchanged), and call httpx2.alias_httpx() at startup if you rely on tracing or mocking libraries that patch httpx. v1.0 requires Python 3.10 or later and removes long-deprecated surface, including the legacy Text Completions API, the temperature, top_p, and top_k parameters on Messages methods, and the tool runner's client-side compaction_control. On the async client, .with_raw_response results now need await response.parse(), and AnthropicBedrock now raises an error when no AWS region is configured instead of defaulting to us-east-1. See the v1 migration guide for every change with before-and-after snippets.
The computer use and browser use toolsets (computer_toolset_20260801 and browser_toolset_20260801) are now available on Google Cloud for Claude Fable 5, Claude Mythos 5, Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5, and Claude Opus 4.8. Requests use the same tools entries as on the Claude API.