Claude experimental prompt tools APIs retire with the Workbench on August 17, 2026

DeprecationJul 17, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

The generate_prompt, improve_prompt and templatize_prompt experimental endpoints are being retired along with the Workbench on August 17, 2026, after which requests will return an error.

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https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/release-notes/overview#july-17-2026

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Claude PlatformJul 17, 2026

Legacy Claude Console Workbench sunsets on August 17, 2026

Access to the legacy Workbench ends August 17, 2026, and saved prompts, variables and evals are not supported in the updated Workbench. Export any data you want to keep from the banner or Organizational Settings.

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Claude PlatformJul 15, 2026

Mid-conversation system messages available on Claude Fable 5, Mythos 5 and Opus 4.8

Mid-conversation system messages work on Claude Fable 5, Mythos 5 and Opus 4.8 on the Claude API, Amazon Bedrock and Google Cloud with no beta header required, correcting earlier availability notes.

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Claude PlatformJul 14, 2026

Admin API adds Claude Enterprise user management in beta

Claude Enterprise organizations can list and look up members, change roles, remove members, manage invites and groups, and read custom roles through the Admin API. Group and custom-role requests need the ce-user-management-2026-07-13 beta header.

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Claude PlatformJul 14, 2026

Self-serve HIPAA configuration for Claude Enterprise and the Claude API

Eligible admins can now review the BAA, download the implementation guide, and enable the HIPAA configuration in a single flow, for both Claude Enterprise and the Claude Platform (API).

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Claude PlatformJul 22, 2026

Claude Managed Agents agents accept an effort level in model configuration

Pass effort inside the model object when creating a Claude Managed Agents agent to set its effort level.

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Claude PlatformJul 22, 2026

Claude Managed Agents webhooks cover environment and memory store lifecycle

Four environment.* and three memory_store.* webhook event types let you react to environment and memory store lifecycle changes without polling.

UpdateAI agentsLLMsSource

Claude PlatformJul 22, 2026

Claude Managed Agents sessions can be seeded with initial events

POST /v1/sessions accepts initial_events with up to 50 user.message and user.define_outcome events, and a non-empty list starts the agent loop in the same call.

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Claude PlatformJul 22, 2026

Claude Managed Agents agent updates no longer require a version field

Supply version for optimistic concurrency, where a mismatch returns 409, or omit it to apply the update unconditionally.

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Also shipped on Jul 17, 2026

Databricks AI/BI and GenieJul 17, 2026

Databricks Genie app in Microsoft Teams is now in Public Preview

The Databricks Genie app in Microsoft Teams is now in Public Preview . The app brings Genie into Microsoft Teams so users can ask data questions and get answers without leaving Microsoft Teams. See Databricks Genie app in Microsoft Teams .

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Databricks LakeflowJul 17, 2026

Anthropic managed ingestion connector (Beta)

The Anthropic connector in Lakeflow Connect is now available in Beta. The connector allows you to ingest Compliance API data , audit activity, organizations, users, roles, groups, settings, and Claude chats and messages , from Anthropic into Databricks. See Anthropic connector .

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Google Cloud Dataplex Universal CatalogJul 17, 2026

Data lineage ingestion control is GA for BigQuery, Spark and Airflow

Data lineage can now be controlled at the organization, folder or project level for BigQuery, Managed Service for Apache Spark and Managed Service for Apache Airflow.

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Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformJul 17, 2026

Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview and 3 Pro Image Preview are retired

The Nano Banana preview models gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview and gemini-3-pro-image-preview have been retired and are no longer accessible. Update your code to use either gemini-3.1-flash-image or gemini-3-flash-image instead.

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Microsoft Azure databases and analyticsJul 17, 2026

[Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Defender security assessments for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server

Microsoft Defender Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) assessments for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server are now generally available. You can use assessments to continuously evaluate the security posture of your Azure PostgreSQL flexible

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GitHub GitHub CopilotJul 17, 2026

Repository-level GitHub Copilot usage metrics generally available

The Copilot usage metrics REST API now reports repository-level activity. Two new endpoints return a daily, per-repository breakdown of pull request activity for Copilot coding agent and Copilot code review. They do this for both enterprise and organization reports.

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