kimi-k2.6 shutdown date: Apr 16, 2027 (Azure AI Foundry)

In Azure AI Foundry's words

Model: Kimi-K2.6; Version: 2026-04-20; Lifecycle: Preview; Retirement date: 2027-04-16; Replacement: —

Azure AI Foundry, Deprecations page

Facts

API: Azure AI Foundry *.services.ai.azure.com
Model: kimi-k2.6
Released: April 20, 2026 (models.dev)
Kind: Model retirement
Takes effect: April 16, 2027
Calls after that day: Fail
Source: Deprecations page
Last updated: November 4, 2026
Verified: November 6, 2026, against Azure AI Foundry's own pages

Questions

When does kimi-k2.6 shut down?

Calls to the model kimi-k2.6 on Azure AI Foundry stop working on April 16, 2027.

What happens to calls after April 16, 2027?

They fail from that day.

When was kimi-k2.6 released?

kimi-k2.6 was released on April 20, 2026, 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.

kimi-k2.6 on other APIs 4

Aug 19, 2026 Together AI moonshotai/kimi-k2.6Model retirement Stopped working
Nov 9, 2026 Nebius moonshotai/kimi-k2.6Model retirement Stops workingin 3 days
No date Moonshot AI kimi-k2.6Model retirement Deprecated, no date
No date NVIDIA moonshotai/kimi-k2.6Model retirement Deprecated, no date

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