#claude-sonnet-4-8

Claude Sonnet 4.8: What the Leak Actually Says, and Why the Pattern Doesn't Fit

A 'Sonnet 4.8' string appeared in a Claude Code source-map leak on March 31. Anthropic has shipped nothing. Polymarket is at 3% for today. And a version jump from 4.6 → 4.8 (skipping 4.7) would be unprecedented for Anthropic. Here's the honest read.