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bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash model retirement
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On November 11, 2026, OpenRouter will retire model bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash. Requests sent to model bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash will fail after that date.
The error you get from November 11, 2026
What OpenRouter answers a call to bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:
{"error":{"message":"No endpoints found for bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash.","code":404}}What to use instead of bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash
OpenRouter will stop serving the model, so update your requests to another model it lists.
Facts
- API
- OpenRouter
openrouter.ai - Model
bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash- Released
- August 28, 2025 (models.dev)
- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- November 11, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Model list
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against OpenRouter's own pages
Questions
When does bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash shut down?
Calls to the model bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash on OpenRouter stop working on November 11, 2026.
What happens to calls after November 11, 2026?
They fail from that day.
What error does bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash return once it is shut down?
OpenRouter answers HTTP 404: "No endpoints found for bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash.". Send another model to fix it.
When was bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash released?
bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash was released on August 28, 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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Is your code calling this?
Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix before November 11, 2026.