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Azure AI Foundry grok-3-mini model retirement

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Calls to the model grok-3-mini on Azure AI Foundry stopped working on May 1, 2026.


What to use instead of grok-3-mini

grok-4-1-fast-reasoning, named first, stops working on 2027-05-19. No replacement that holds is named yet.

In Azure AI Foundry's words

Model: grok-3-mini; Version: 1; Lifecycle: Retired; Retirement date: 2026-05-01; Replacement: grok-4-1-fast-reasoning

Azure AI Foundry, Deprecations page

Facts

API
Azure AI Foundry *.services.ai.azure.com
Model
grok-3-mini
Released
June 1, 2024 (models.dev)
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
May 1, 2026
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against Azure AI Foundry's own pages

Questions

When does grok-3-mini shut down?

Calls to the model grok-3-mini on Azure AI Foundry stopped working on May 1, 2026.

What happens to calls after May 1, 2026?

They have failed since May 1, 2026.

When was grok-3-mini released?

grok-3-mini was released on June 1, 2024, 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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