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TL;DR Anthropic’s 2026 API updates introduce breaking changes affecting Linux automation pipelines that rely on Claude for configuration generation, log analysis, and infrastructure-as-code workflows. The most significant impacts: prompt caching now requires explicit cache control headers, legacy model endpoints (claude-2.1) deprecated March 2026, and new rate limiting tiers that affect high-frequency monitoring integrations. ...

TL;DR On January 15, 2026, Anthropic deprecated subscription-based authentication for Claude API access, requiring all integrations to migrate from x-api-key: sk-ant-sub-* tokens to project-based API keys (sk-ant-api03-*) by March 1, 2026. This breaks numerous Linux automation tools that hardcoded subscription auth patterns. Immediate Impact: Popular tools affected include ansible-ai-connect (uses Claude for playbook generation), terraform-llm-validator (validates HCL with AI review), and prometheus-alert-analyzer (AI-powered alert triage). Scripts using the legacy auth pattern will receive 401 Unauthorized errors after the cutoff. ...