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deepseek-v3.1 model retirement
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On July 13, 2026, the model deepseek-v3.1 was retired in Azure AI Foundry. Calls targeting this model fail since that date. The retirement affects calls made to this identifier on host *.services.ai.azure.com.
What to use instead of deepseek-v3.1
Move to DeepSeek-V4-Flash, recommended by Microsoft.
In Azure AI Foundry's words
Model: DeepSeek-V3.1; Version: 1; Lifecycle: Retired; Retirement date: 2026-07-13; Replacement: DeepSeek-V4-Flash
Facts
- API
- Azure AI Foundry
*.services.ai.azure.com - Model
deepseek-v3.1- Released
- August 21, 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-v3.1 shut down?
Calls to the model deepseek-v3.1 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-v3.1 released?
deepseek-v3.1 was released on August 21, 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-v3.1 on other APIs 2
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Together AI
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Novita AI
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