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embed-multilingual-v2.0 model retirement
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Cohere retired model embed-multilingual-v2.0 on April 4, 2026. Requests specifying model embed-multilingual-v2.0 fail since that date.
What to use instead of embed-multilingual-v2.0
Move to embed-english-v3.0, embed-multilingual-v3.0, or embed-v4.0 as recommended by Cohere. Embeddings from another model are not comparable with this one, so all stored vectors must be recomputed with the new model.
Embeddings from another model are not comparable with this one's: vectors the code stores must all be computed again with the new model.
Facts
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embed-multilingual-v2.0- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- April 4, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
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- Last updated
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- , against Cohere's own pages
Questions
When does embed-multilingual-v2.0 shut down?
Calls to the model embed-multilingual-v2.0 on Cohere stopped working on April 4, 2026.
What happens to calls after April 4, 2026?
They have failed since April 4, 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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