# cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026

Calls to the model cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026 on Azure AI Foundry stopped working on October 16, 2026.

On October 16, 2026, Azure AI Foundry retired preview model cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026. Calls targeting this model fail since that date. The change affects any requests directed to model cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026 version 1.

## What to use instead

Move to coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-fp8 1, coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-bf16 1, or coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-w4a4 1, as recommended by Microsoft.

- API: Azure AI Foundry (*.services.ai.azure.com)
- Model: cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: October 16, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026`
- Source: [Deprecations page](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against Azure AI Foundry's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/azure-ai-foundry/cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026/

## Azure AI Foundry's words

> Model: Cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026; Version: 1; Lifecycle: Preview; Retirement date: 2026-10-16; Replacement: coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-fp8 1 , coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-bf16 1 , coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-w4a4 1

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