[FEATURE] Add AWS_REGION environment variables for all model configurations
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 13, 2026 by sakojun Closed Apr 11, 2026
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Problem Statement
Models can be specified via environment variables (such as ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL, ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL, etc.), but the corresponding AWS_REGION environment variables for each model are missing.
Current situation:
- ✅
ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODELenvironment variable can specify the model - ✅
ANTHROPIC_SMALL_FAST_MODEL_AWS_REGIONexists - ❌ Missing AWS_REGION environment variables for other models like
ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL_AWS_REGION
Proposed Solution
Enable region specification via the following environment variables:
- ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL_AWS_REGION
- ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL_AWS_REGION
- ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL_AWS_REGION
Alternative Solutions
Amazon Bedrock's Global cross-Region inference feature might be a workaround, but I'm not familiar with it, so I can't say for certain.
In any case, it's confusing that ANTHROPIC_SMALL_FAST_MODEL_AWS_REGION remains while ANTHROPIC_SMALL_FAST_MODEL is deprecated.
Priority
Medium - Would be very helpful
Feature Category
Configuration and settings
Use Case Example
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