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SambaNova Cloud minimax-m2.5 model retirement

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SambaNova Cloud retired minimax-m2.5 on May 18, 2026. Calls specifying model minimax-m2.5 fail since that date. SambaNova Cloud removed the model completely rather than redirecting traffic to a newer alternative.


What to use instead of minimax-m2.5

Move to minimax-m3. The originally recommended replacement, minimax-m2.7, stopped working on October 1, 2026.

In SambaNova Cloud's words

Model ID: MiniMax-M2.5; Removal date: 5/18/2026; Recommended replacement: MiniMax-M2.7

SambaNova Cloud, Deprecations page

Facts

API
SambaNova Cloud api.sambanova.ai
Model
minimax-m2.5
Released
February 12, 2026 (models.dev)
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
May 18, 2026
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against SambaNova Cloud's own pages

Questions

When does minimax-m2.5 shut down?

Calls to the model minimax-m2.5 on SambaNova Cloud stopped working on May 18, 2026.

What happens to calls after May 18, 2026?

They have failed since May 18, 2026.

When was minimax-m2.5 released?

minimax-m2.5 was released on February 12, 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.


minimax-m2.5 on other APIs 6

  1. Nebius minimaxai/minimax-m2.5Model retirement Stopped working
  2. DeepInfra minimaxai/minimax-m2.5Model retirement Stopped working
  3. No date MiniMax minimax-m2.5Model retirement Deprecated, no date
  4. No date SiliconFlow (api.siliconflow.com) minimaxai/minimax-m2.5Model retirement Deprecated, no date
  5. No date DeepInfra minimaxai/minimax-m2.5Model retirement Deprecated, no date
  6. No date Together AI minimaxai/minimax-m2.5Model retirement Deprecated, no date

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  8. meta-llama-3.1-8b-instructModel retirement Stopped working
  9. gemma-3-12b-itModel retirement Stopped working
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