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Azure AI Foundry deepseek-v4-flash-0731 model retirement

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Calls to the model deepseek-v4-flash-0731 on Azure AI Foundry stop working on December 3, 2026.


In Azure AI Foundry's words

Model: DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731; Version: 2026-07-31; Lifecycle: Preview; Retirement date: 2026-12-03; Replacement: —

Azure AI Foundry, Deprecations page

Facts

API
Azure AI Foundry *.services.ai.azure.com
Model
deepseek-v4-flash-0731
Released
July 31, 2026 (models.dev)
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
December 3, 2026
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against Azure AI Foundry's own pages

Questions

When does deepseek-v4-flash-0731 shut down?

Calls to the model deepseek-v4-flash-0731 on Azure AI Foundry stop working on December 3, 2026.

What happens to calls after December 3, 2026?

They fail from that day.

When was deepseek-v4-flash-0731 released?

deepseek-v4-flash-0731 was released on July 31, 2026, 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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