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mistral-medium-2508 model retirement

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Mistral retired model mistral-medium-2508 on August 31, 2026. Calls to model mistral-medium-2508 fail since that date. The change was announced on May 22, 2026.


The error you get

What Mistral answers a call to mistral-medium-2508 once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:

HTTP 400
{"object":"error","message":"Invalid model: mistral-medium-2508","type":"invalid_model","param":null,"code":"1500"}

What to use instead of mistral-medium-2508

Mistral recommends migrating to Mistral Medium 3.5.


Facts

API
Mistral api.mistral.ai
Model
mistral-medium-2508
Released
August 12, 2025 (models.dev)
Kind
Model retirement
Announced
May 22, 2026
Takes effect
August 31, 2026
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Lifecycle page
Last updated
Verified
, against Mistral's own pages

Questions

When does mistral-medium-2508 shut down?

Calls to the model mistral-medium-2508 stopped working on August 31, 2026.

What happens to calls after August 31, 2026?

They have failed since August 31, 2026.

What error does mistral-medium-2508 return once it is shut down?

Mistral answers HTTP 400: "Invalid model: mistral-medium-2508". Send another model to fix it.

When was mistral-medium-2508 released?

mistral-medium-2508 was released on August 12, 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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