Azure AI Foundry
deepseek-r1 model retirement
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On August 13, 2026, the model deepseek-r1 was retired in Azure AI Foundry. Calls using this model fail since that date. The change affects all requests directed to model deepseek-r1 across the service.
What to use instead of deepseek-r1
Move to DeepSeek-V4-Pro, which is recommended by Microsoft as the replacement.
In Azure AI Foundry's words
Model: DeepSeek-R1; Version: 1; Lifecycle: Retired; Retirement date: 2026-08-13; Replacement: DeepSeek-V4-Pro
Facts
- API
- Azure AI Foundry
*.services.ai.azure.com - Model
deepseek-r1- Released
- January 1, 2025 (models.dev)
- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- August 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 shut down?
Calls to the model deepseek-r1 on Azure AI Foundry stopped working on August 13, 2026.
What happens to calls after August 13, 2026?
They have failed since August 13, 2026.
When was deepseek-r1 released?
deepseek-r1 was released on January 1, 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 on other APIs 6
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DeepInfra
deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1Model retirement Stopped working -
Together AI
deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1Model retirement Stopped working -
Novita AI
deepseek/deepseek-r1Model retirement Stopped working -
Together AI
deepseek-r1Model retirement Redirected -
No date
Alibaba Model Studio
deepseek-r1Model retirement Deprecated, no date -
No date
iFlow
deepseek-r1Model retirement Deprecated, no date
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