Claude Sonnet 5 · Status Guide

Sonnet 5 Is Live in @vustbot Through OpenRouter.

Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5 on June 30, 2026. @vustbot now requests it through OpenRouter for guest/general answers and the named VUST Claude option, without a rollout flag. Specialist bots keep their own routing.

Official release: June 30 · @vustbot route: OpenRouter.Specialist bots keep their own models
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Based on Anthropic's June 30 releaseIntro price ends August 31, 2026Live in @vustbot through OpenRouter

Based on

Anthropic's official announcement, June 30, 2026

Release, API ID and price dates come from Anthropic. The OpenRouter slug and price are checked against its model directory; VUST availability comes from the server-side routing contract. Benchmark claims are not reproduced as guarantees.

Anthropic release OpenRouter model

Release facts vs product availability

Best for checking the @vustbot route; not a claim that every specialist bot uses the same model.

Official product fact

Anthropic states

Claude Sonnet 5 is available across Claude plans and via the Claude API as claude-sonnet-5.

What this page does not infer

VUST separately verifies its own routing. @vustbot now uses the OpenRouter model slug anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 for guest/general answers and its named Claude option.

Price with an expiry date

Through August 31, 2026

$2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, according to Anthropic's launch announcement.

From September 1, 2026

Anthropic says standard pricing becomes $3 input / $15 output per million tokens. Recheck the primary source before budgeting.

VUST routing boundary

Live @vustbot route

Guest/general answers use Sonnet 5 through OpenRouter without a rollout flag. The named VUST Claude option also requests Sonnet 5 through OpenRouter.

Not every VUST tool

Specialist bots keep their own documented providers and models. This page does not claim that TranslateBot, StudyBot or every other VUST surface uses Sonnet 5.

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