# deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash

Calls to the model deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash on Novita AI stopped working on October 9, 2026.

Novita AI retired model deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash on October 9, 2026. Calls requesting this model fail since that date. The change affects any requests still directed to the retired model identifier.

## What to use instead

Update your calls to use the recommended replacement model, deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash.

- API: Novita AI (api.novita.ai)
- Model: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash
- Released: April 24, 2026 (models.dev)
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: October 9, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash`
- Source: [Model notices](https://novita.ai/docs/llms-full.txt#deprecation-notice)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against Novita AI's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/novita-ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash/

## Novita AI's words

> Model ID: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash; Retirement time: Oct 9, 2026, 16:00 UTC; Replacement model: deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash

Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix: https://github.com/apps/okapi-agent