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Azure AI Foundry deepseek-r1-0528 model retirement

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On July 13, 2026, model deepseek-r1-0528 was retired from Azure AI Foundry. Calls targeting this model fail since that date.


What to use instead of deepseek-r1-0528

Move to DeepSeek-V4-Pro, which is recommended by Microsoft.

In Azure AI Foundry's words

Model: DeepSeek-R1-0528; Version: 1; Lifecycle: Retired; Retirement date: 2026-07-13; Replacement: DeepSeek-V4-Pro

Azure AI Foundry, Deprecations page

Facts

API
Azure AI Foundry *.services.ai.azure.com
Model
deepseek-r1-0528
Released
May 28, 2025 (models.dev)
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
July 13, 2026
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against Azure AI Foundry's own pages

Questions

When does deepseek-r1-0528 shut down?

Calls to the model deepseek-r1-0528 on Azure AI Foundry stopped working on July 13, 2026.

What happens to calls after July 13, 2026?

They have failed since July 13, 2026.

When was deepseek-r1-0528 released?

deepseek-r1-0528 was released on May 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.


deepseek-r1-0528 on other APIs 4

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  3. No date Alibaba Model Studio deepseek-r1-0528Model retirement Deprecated, no date
  4. No date Tinfoil deepseek-r1-0528Model retirement Deprecated, no date

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