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deepseek-v3.2-speciale model retirement
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On November 1, 2027, model deepseek-v3.2-speciale will be retired. Calls made using model deepseek-v3.2-speciale will fail after that date.
What to use instead of deepseek-v3.2-speciale
Move to DeepSeek-V4-Pro, as recommended by Microsoft.
In Azure AI Foundry's words
Model: DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale; Version: 1; Lifecycle: GA; Retirement date: 2027-11-01; Replacement: DeepSeek-V4-Pro
Facts
- API
- Azure AI Foundry
*.services.ai.azure.com - Model
deepseek-v3.2-speciale- Released
- December 1, 2025 (models.dev)
- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- November 1, 2027
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Azure AI Foundry's own pages
Questions
When does deepseek-v3.2-speciale shut down?
Calls to the model deepseek-v3.2-speciale on Azure AI Foundry stop working on November 1, 2027.
What happens to calls after November 1, 2027?
They fail from that day.
When was deepseek-v3.2-speciale released?
deepseek-v3.2-speciale was released on December 1, 2025, according to models.dev.
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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