{"slug": "tell-hn-claude-code-now-defaults-to-haiku-5-5", "title": "Tell HN: Claude Code now defaults to Haiku 5.5", "summary": "A Hacker News post by user albert_e reports that Claude Code version 2.1.316 now lists Haiku 5.5 as the default model for Claude Pro subscribers, shown as \"Default (recommended)\" in the /model menu. The post, which had 2 points nine minutes after submission, gives no further detail on performance, pricing or rollout.", "body_md": "| [Consider applying for YC's Winter 2027 batch! __Applications__ are open till November 2.](https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/)[Guidelines](newsguidelines.html) \\|[FAQ](newsfaq.html) \\|[Lists](lists) \\|[API](https://github.com/HackerNews/API) \\|[Security](security.html) \\|[Legal](https://www.ycombinator.com/legal/) \\|[Apply to YC](https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/) \\|[Contact](mailto:hn@ycombinator.com) | \n\n|  | **[Hacker News](news)**[new](newest) \\|[past](front) \\|[comments](newcomments) \\|[ask](ask) \\|[show](show) \\|[jobs](jobs) \\|[submit](submit) | [login](login?goto=item%3Fid%3D50324343) | \n\n|  |  | [Tell HN: Claude Code now defaults to Haiku 5.5](item?id=50324343) | \n|  |  | 2 points by [albert_e](user?id=albert_e)[9 minutes ago](item?id=50324343) \\|[hide](hide?id=50324343&goto=item%3Fid%3D50324343) \\|[past](https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Tell%20HN%3A%20Claude%20Code%20now%20defaults%20to%20Haiku%205.5&type=story&dateRange=all&sort=byDate&storyText=false&prefix&page=0) \\|[favorite](fave?id=50324343) \\|[discuss](item?id=50324343) | \n|  |  | > Claude Code v2.1.316 > Haiku 5.5 · Claude Pro > /model >   1.  Default (recommended)  Haiku 5.5 |", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tell-hn-claude-code-now-defaults-to-haiku-5-5", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50324343", "published_at": "2026-11-01 10:40:10+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-01 10:49:55.896870+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "large-language-models", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Claude Code", "Haiku 5.5", "Claude Pro", "albert_e", "Hacker News"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tell-hn-claude-code-now-defaults-to-haiku-5-5", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tell-hn-claude-code-now-defaults-to-haiku-5-5.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tell-hn-claude-code-now-defaults-to-haiku-5-5.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tell-hn-claude-code-now-defaults-to-haiku-5-5.jsonld"}}