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Deprecation watch

A pinned model that silently 404s is the worst kind of outage. Here's what's retiring, when, and where to go next — sourced from official deprecation pages.

Active deprecations & retirements

90 models on the way out

ModelStatusShutdownMigrate toGuide
Mistral Large 2.0
Mistral
Retired30 Mar 2025Mistral Large 3Migrate →
Mixtral 8x22B
Mistral
Retired30 Mar 2025Mistral Small 4Migrate →
Mixtral 8x7B
Mistral
Retired30 Mar 2025Mistral Small 4Migrate →
Rerank English v2.0
Cohere
Retired30 Apr 2025Rerank 3.5 (rerank-v3.5)Migrate →
Rerank Multilingual v2.0
Cohere
Retired30 Apr 2025Rerank 3.5 (rerank-v3.5)Migrate →
Command R+ (04-2024)
Cohere
Deprecated15 Sep 2025Command R+ (08-2024)Migrate →
Command R (03-2024)
Cohere
Deprecated15 Sep 2025Command R (08-2024)Migrate →
Command (legacy)
Cohere
Deprecated15 Sep 2025Command R (08-2024)Migrate →
Command Light (legacy)
Cohere
Deprecated15 Sep 2025Command R (08-2024)Migrate →
Summarize (legacy endpoint)
Cohere
Retired15 Sep 2025Use the /chat endpointMigrate →
Imagen 3
Google
Retired10 Nov 2025Imagen 4Migrate →
Kimi Thinking (Preview)
Moonshot
Retired11 Nov 2025Kimi K2.6Migrate →
Veo 3 Preview
Google
Retired12 Nov 2025Veo 3.1Migrate →
Veo 3 Fast Preview
Google
Retired12 Nov 2025Veo 3.1 FastMigrate →
Gemini 2.0 Flash Preview Image Generation
Google
Retired14 Nov 2025Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)Migrate →
Codestral (v25.01)
Mistral
Retired30 Nov 2025Codestral (v25.08)Migrate →
Sonar Reasoning
Perplexity
Retired15 Dec 2025Sonar Reasoning ProMigrate →
Pixtral 12B
Mistral
Deprecated31 Dec 2025Ministral 3 14BMigrate →
Ministral 8B (2410)
Mistral
Deprecated31 Dec 2025Ministral 3 8BMigrate →
Ministral 3B (2410)
Mistral
Deprecated31 Dec 2025Ministral 3 3BMigrate →
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Preview
Google
Retired15 Jan 2026Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)Migrate →
Kimi Latest
Moonshot
Retired28 Jan 2026Kimi K2.6Migrate →
Imagen 4 Preview (06-06)
Google
Retired17 Feb 2026Imagen 4Migrate →
Imagen 4 Ultra Preview (06-06)
Google
Retired17 Feb 2026Imagen 4 UltraMigrate →
Claude Haiku 3.5
Anthropic
Retired19 Feb 2026Claude Haiku 4.5Migrate →
Claude Sonnet 3.7
Anthropic
Retired19 Feb 2026Claude Sonnet 4.6Migrate →
Devstral Small 2
Mistral
Deprecated31 Mar 2026Mistral Medium 3.5Migrate →
Embed English v2.0
Cohere
Retired4 Apr 2026Embed 4 (embed-v4.0)Migrate →
Embed English Light v2.0
Cohere
Retired4 Apr 2026Embed 4 (embed-v4.0)Migrate →
Embed Multilingual v2.0
Cohere
Retired4 Apr 2026Embed 4 (embed-v4.0)Migrate →
Claude Haiku 3
Anthropic
Retired20 Apr 2026Claude Haiku 4.5Migrate →
DALL-E 3
OpenAI
Deprecated12 May 2026GPT Image 2Migrate →
DALL-E 2
OpenAI
Retired12 May 2026GPT Image 2Migrate →
Grok 4 (0709)
xAI
Retired15 May 2026Grok 4.3Migrate →
Grok 3
xAI
Retired15 May 2026Grok 4.3Migrate →
Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning)
xAI
Retired15 May 2026Grok 4.3Migrate →
Grok 4 Fast (Non-Reasoning)
xAI
Retired15 May 2026Grok 4.3Migrate →
Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)
xAI
Retired15 May 2026Grok 4.3Migrate →
Grok 4.1 Fast (Non-Reasoning)
xAI
Retired15 May 2026Grok 4.3Migrate →
Grok Code Fast 1
xAI
Retired15 May 2026Grok Build 0.1Migrate →
Grok Imagine Image Pro
xAI
Retired15 May 2026Grok Imagine Image (Quality)Migrate →
Kimi K2 (0905 Preview)
Moonshot
Deprecated25 May 2026Kimi K2.6Migrate →
Kimi K2 (0711 Preview)
Moonshot
Deprecated25 May 2026Kimi K2.6Migrate →
Kimi K2 Turbo (Preview)
Moonshot
Deprecated25 May 2026Kimi K2.6Migrate →
Kimi K2 Thinking
Moonshot
Deprecated25 May 2026Kimi K2.6Migrate →
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo
Moonshot
Deprecated25 May 2026Kimi K2.6Migrate →
Pixtral Large
Mistral
Deprecated31 May 2026Mistral Medium 3.5Migrate →
Mistral Large 2.1
Mistral
Deprecated31 May 2026Mistral Medium 3.5Migrate →
Gemini 2.0 Flash
Google
Retired1 Jun 2026Gemini 3.6 FlashMigrate →
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
Google
Retired1 Jun 2026Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteMigrate →
Claude Opus 4
Anthropic
Retired15 Jun 2026Claude Opus 4.8Migrate →
Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
Retired15 Jun 2026Claude Sonnet 4.6Migrate →
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview
Google
Deprecated25 Jun 2026Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2)Migrate →
Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview
Google
Deprecated25 Jun 2026Gemini 3 Pro Image (Nano Banana Pro)Migrate →
Claude Mythos Preview
Anthropic
Deprecated30 Jun 2026Claude Mythos 5Migrate →
Veo 3
Google
Deprecated30 Jun 2026Veo 3.1Migrate →
Veo 3 Fast
Google
Deprecated30 Jun 2026Veo 3.1 FastMigrate →
Veo 2
Google
Deprecated30 Jun 2026Veo 3.1Migrate →
o3-deep-research
OpenAI
Deprecated23 Jul 2026GPT-5.5 ProMigrate →
computer-use-preview
OpenAI
Deprecated23 Jul 2026GPT-5.4 miniMigrate →
GPT-5-Codex
OpenAI
Deprecated23 Jul 2026GPT-5.5Migrate →
deepseek-chat (legacy alias)
DeepSeek
Deprecated24 Jul 2026DeepSeek-V4-FlashMigrate →
deepseek-reasoner (legacy alias)
DeepSeek
Deprecated24 Jul 2026DeepSeek-V4-FlashMigrate →
Mistral Small 3.2
Mistral
Deprecated31 Jul 2026Mistral Small 4Migrate →
Mistral NeMo
Mistral
Deprecated31 Jul 2026Ministral 3 8BMigrate →
Magistral Medium 1.2
Mistral
Deprecated31 Jul 2026Mistral Medium 3.5Migrate →
Magistral Small 1.2
Mistral
Deprecated31 Jul 2026Mistral Small 4Migrate →
Devstral 2
Mistral
Deprecated31 Jul 2026Mistral Medium 3.5Migrate →
Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
Retired5 Aug 2026Claude Opus 4.8Migrate →
Imagen 4
Google
Deprecated17 Aug 2026Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2)Migrate →
Imagen 4 Ultra
Google
Deprecated17 Aug 2026Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2)Migrate →
Imagen 4 Fast
Google
Deprecated17 Aug 2026Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2)Migrate →
Mistral Medium 3.1
Mistral
Deprecated31 Aug 2026Mistral Medium 3.5Migrate →
Qwen3-Max-Preview
Alibaba
Deprecated8 Sep 2026Qwen3.7-MaxMigrate →
Qwen3.6-Max-Preview
Alibaba
Deprecated8 Sep 2026Qwen3.7-MaxMigrate →
Amazon Nova Premier
Amazon
Deprecated14 Sep 2026Amazon Nova 2 LiteMigrate →
Sora 2
OpenAI
Deprecated24 Sep 2026—Migrate →
Sora 2 Pro
OpenAI
Deprecated24 Sep 2026—Migrate →
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)
Google
Deprecated2 Oct 2026Gemini 3.1 Flash Image PreviewMigrate →
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google
Deprecated16 Oct 2026Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMigrate →
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google
Deprecated16 Oct 2026Gemini 3.6 FlashMigrate →
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Google
Deprecated16 Oct 2026Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteMigrate →
GPT-5
OpenAI
Deprecated11 Dec 2026GPT-5.5Migrate →
GPT-5 mini
OpenAI
Deprecated11 Dec 2026GPT-5.4 miniMigrate →
GPT-5 nano
OpenAI
Deprecated11 Dec 2026GPT-5.4 nanoMigrate →
GPT-5 Pro
OpenAI
Deprecated11 Dec 2026GPT-5.5 ProMigrate →
o3
OpenAI
Deprecated11 Dec 2026GPT-5.5Migrate →
o3-pro
OpenAI
Deprecated11 Dec 2026GPT-5.5 ProMigrate →
Qwen-Turbo
Alibaba
Deprecated—Qwen-FlashMigrate →
Qwen3-235B-A22B (open weights)
Alibaba
Deprecated—Qwen3.7-PlusMigrate →
On the horizon

Models with an announced sunset

Still available, but providers have published a tentative retirement date. Plan migrations early.

ModelTentative shutdownMigrate to
Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6
Google
31 Aug 2026Gemini Robotics-ER 2
Qwen3-Max
Alibaba
8 Sep 2026Qwen3.7-Max
Leanstral 1.5
Mistral
30 Sep 2026—
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Google
7 May 2027Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Gemini Embedding 001
Google
14 May 2028Gemini Embedding 2