# cohere-embed-v3-english

Calls to the model cohere-embed-v3-english on Azure AI Foundry stop working on February 15, 2027.

On February 15, 2027, model cohere-embed-v3-english will be retired. Calls targeting this model after this date will fail.

## What to use instead

Microsoft recommends migrating to Cohere-embed-v5-fast or Cohere-embed-v5-pro.

- API: Azure AI Foundry (*.services.ai.azure.com)
- Model: cohere-embed-v3-english
- Released: November 7, 2023 (models.dev)
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: February 15, 2027
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model cohere-embed-v3-english`
- 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-embed-v3-english/

## Azure AI Foundry's words

> Model: Cohere-embed-v3-english; Version: 1; Lifecycle: GA; Retirement date: 2027-02-15; Replacement: Cohere-embed-v5-fast, Cohere-embed-v5-pro

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