# Kimi K2.5

DigitalOcean API deprecated the model Kimi K2.5 without giving a shutdown date yet.

DigitalOcean deprecated model Kimi K2.5 as of September 8, 2026, without a shutdown date. Calls using this model will fail once retirement takes effect. This deprecation affects all requests sent to model Kimi K2.5.

## What to use instead

Migrate Kimi K2.5 to Kimi K3 ( kimi-k3 ) to avoid service disruption.

- API: DigitalOcean API (api.digitalocean.com)
- Model: Kimi K2.5
- Kind: Model retirement
- Announced: September 8, 2026
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model Kimi K2.5`
- Source: [Changelog](https://docs.digitalocean.com/release-notes/ai-platform/)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against DigitalOcean API's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/digitalocean/kimi-k2.5/

## DigitalOcean API's words

> The following models are deprecated from DigitalOcean Inference as of 8 September 2026:
> 
> - Kimi K2.5

Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix: https://github.com/apps/okapi-agent