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Azure AI Foundry cohere-rerank-v3.5 model retirement

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On May 14, 2026, Azure AI Foundry retired model cohere-rerank-v3.5. Requests targeting this model fail since that date. The change affects all calls relying on version 1 of the model.


What to use instead of cohere-rerank-v3.5

Microsoft recommends migrating to Cohere-rerank-v4.0-pro or Cohere-rerank-v4.0-fast.

In Azure AI Foundry's words

Model: Cohere-rerank-v3.5; Version: 1; Lifecycle: Retired; Retirement date: 2026-05-14; Replacement: Cohere-rerank-v4.0-pro, Cohere-rerank-v4.0-fast

Azure AI Foundry, Deprecations page

Facts

API
Azure AI Foundry *.services.ai.azure.com
Model
cohere-rerank-v3.5
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
May 14, 2026
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against Azure AI Foundry's own pages

Questions

When does cohere-rerank-v3.5 shut down?

Calls to the model cohere-rerank-v3.5 on Azure AI Foundry stopped working on May 14, 2026.

What happens to calls after May 14, 2026?

They have failed since May 14, 2026.

How do I find the calls this hits in my code?

Okapi reads your repository, finds the calls this change hits and opens a pull request with the fix. It never commits to your branches: every change comes as a pull request you review.


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