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deepseek-v4-flash model retirement
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On February 20, 2028, model deepseek-v4-flash will be retired on Azure AI Foundry. Any calls directed to model deepseek-v4-flash will fail after this date. This retirement impacts workloads utilizing this specific model.
What to use instead of deepseek-v4-flash
The listed replacement deepseek-v4-flash-0731 stops working on December 3, 2026. No replacement that holds is named yet.
In Azure AI Foundry's words
Model: DeepSeek-V4-Flash; Version: 2026-04-23; Lifecycle: GA; Retirement date: 2028-02-20; Replacement: DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731
Facts
- API
- Azure AI Foundry
*.services.ai.azure.com - Model
deepseek-v4-flash- Released
- April 24, 2026 (models.dev)
- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- February 20, 2028
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Azure AI Foundry's own pages
Questions
When does deepseek-v4-flash shut down?
Calls to the model deepseek-v4-flash on Azure AI Foundry stop working on February 20, 2028.
What happens to calls after February 20, 2028?
They fail from that day.
When was deepseek-v4-flash released?
deepseek-v4-flash was released on April 24, 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.
deepseek-v4-flash on other APIs 5
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Nebius
deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4-flashModel retirement Stopped working -
Novita AI
deepseek/deepseek-v4-flashModel retirement Stopped working -
No date
OpenCode
deepseek-v4-flashModel retirement Deprecated, no date -
No date
Alibaba Model Studio
deepseek-v4-flashModel retirement Deprecated, no date -
No date
Tinfoil
deepseek-v4-flashModel retirement Deprecated, no date
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Is your code calling this?
Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix before February 20, 2028.