Hi, I no longer see the Anthropic models listed in the settings. Why is that?
Cursor IDE
Hey, I’ll need a bit more info to understand what’s going on:
- Your Cursor version in Settings → About or
Cursor → About Cursor - A screenshot of what you see in Settings → Models and which models show up
- A screenshot of the model picker in chat
Context: in the latest versions, the model selection UI was redesigned. Instead of a list like Claude Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6, etc., you now see categories. Anthropic models are still available via Auto mode which routes automatically, or via the Premium category. Your account region isn’t blocked and your limits look fine, so this is most likely just a UI change, but a screenshot will help confirm.
Similar case with a breakdown: Pro account can no longer manually select Claude Opus 4.6 (previously available)
Version: 3.2.11 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: e9ee1339915a927dfb2df4a836dd9c8337e17cc0
Date: 2026-04-24T14:36:47.933Z
Layout: editor
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
More context: I am from Venezuela, and Anthropic directly blocks access to their models in my country, just like OpenAI. This has been the case for a while now. However, one of the reasons I use Cursor is that with the Pro plan, I have them available directly within the editor.
When Opus and Sonnet were updated to newer versions this month, I noticed they were no longer listed. Interestingly, the GPT models are always available even though I don’t have direct access to OpenAI, so I find it strange that after the version update, I can no longer access the models I use the most.
Thanks for the clarification. Yeah, these are regional restrictions on Anthropic’s side. They block access to their models for Venezuela. It used to work via Pro because the block wasn’t fully applied, but now it’s rolled out 100%, so Claude Opus and Sonnet no longer show up.
There’s nothing we can do about this on the Cursor side since it’s an Anthropic requirement. OpenAI still works for you because they have different country rules.
Is there no way to keep Opus 4.6 in the model list alongside the new version, just to have that option available? Or did they just block everything?
No, unfortunately Anthropic blocks access to its whole catalog in some regions, not just the new versions. It’s not tied to a specific model like Opus 4.6 or Sonnet. The provider blocks all Anthropic models, so we can’t keep the older Opus 4.6 in the list either.
On Cursor’s side we can’t work around this. What you still have available are OpenAI and Gemini models, since their access rules are different, so they keep working.