Developers Complain About Severe Degradation in Claude Opus

Multiple developers have reported a severe degradation in Claude Opus's performance. Users complain that the model frequently forgets established context, overuses tokens, and has degraded from a top-tier assistant into a contradictory and inefficient tool.

2026-07-29 ~ 2026-07-30 · 4 related posts

• Experienced web developer says Claude Opus 4.8 and 5 are now unusable for chat — FuzzyHead455 · 2026-07-29
• Users Report 'Amnesia' in Claude Opus: Forgetting Established Context — papanine · 2026-07-30
• User Slams Claude Opus 5 as 'Token-Hungry and Incredibly Stupid' — vasuman · 2026-07-30
• User Complains Claude Opus is 'Unbearable Slop Machine', Self-Contradictory — mertdumenci · 2026-07-30