Should I retry Anthropic 404 not_found_error?

No. Fix the cause first: Check the model ID against the current model list (IDs like claude-sonnet-5-5).

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Anthropic (Claude) · HTTP 404 · checked Oct 24, 2026

Anthropic 404 not_found_error: what it means and how to fix it

Do not retry: fix it first

404 not_found_error: The requested resource could not be found.

What it meansThe endpoint path or an ID in the URL does not exist. The most common cause is a misspelled or retired model name.

How to fix it

Check the model ID against the current model list (IDs like claude-sonnet-5-5).
Check the endpoint path and any batch, file or message IDs.

Handle it in code

import anthropic

# The SDK retries 429, 5xx and connection errors with exponential backoff and honors retry-after.
client = anthropic.Anthropic(max_retries=6)

try:
    msg = client.messages.create(model="claude-sonnet-5-5", max_tokens=1024,
                                 messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}])
except anthropic.RateLimitError as e:      # 429 after all retries
    print("still rate limited", e.response.headers.get("retry-after"))
except anthropic.APIStatusError as e:      # 529 overloaded, 500, 504...
    print(e.status_code, e.response.headers.get("request-id"))

The official SDKs already retry connection errors, 429 and 5xx twice with exponential backoff and honor retry-after; raise max_retries for batch jobs.

Same kind of error at other providers

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Source

Anthropic (Claude) error documentation: platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/errors (checked Oct 24, 2026)

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