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cohere-command-a model retirement
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On February 15, 2027, model cohere-command-a will be retired. Calls targeting this model will fail after that day. This retirement affects version 1 of the model in its general availability lifecycle.
What to use instead of cohere-command-a
Move to coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-fp8 1, coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-bf16 1, or coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-w4a4 1, as recommended by Microsoft.
In Azure AI Foundry's words
Model: cohere-command-a; Version: 1; Lifecycle: GA; Retirement date: 2027-02-15; Replacement: coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-fp8 1 , coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-bf16 1 , coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-w4a4 1
Facts
- API
- Azure AI Foundry
*.services.ai.azure.com - Model
cohere-command-a- Released
- March 13, 2025 (models.dev)
- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- February 15, 2027
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Azure AI Foundry's own pages
Questions
When does cohere-command-a shut down?
Calls to the model cohere-command-a on Azure AI Foundry stop working on February 15, 2027.
What happens to calls after February 15, 2027?
They fail from that day.
When was cohere-command-a released?
cohere-command-a was released on March 13, 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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