Even though we were all hoping for Opus 5 yesterday， it seems that all requests for version 4.8 are still being routed to the new version 5.
So the release must still be imminent. Polymarket is still giving a 22% chance for a release today ；）
Update: Opus 5 is already live for some accounts, served as "Opus 4.8" in Claude web and Claude Code. It knows things 4.8 doesn't and the output gap is clear, e...