# pixtral-12b-2409

Calls to the model pixtral-12b-2409 on Mistral stopped working on December 31, 2025.

## The error Mistral returns once pixtral-12b-2409 is gone

HTTP 400

```json
{"object":"error","message":"Invalid model: pixtral-12b-2409","type":"invalid_model","param":null,"code":"1500"}
```

## What to use instead

Mistral recommends migrating to Ministral 3 14B as the replacement.

- API: Mistral (api.mistral.ai)
- Model: pixtral-12b-2409
- Released: September 11, 2024 (models.dev)
- Kind: Model retirement
- Announced: December 2, 2025
- Takes effect: December 31, 2025
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model pixtral-12b-2409`
- Source: [Lifecycle page](https://docs.mistral.ai/getting-started/models/models_overview/)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against Mistral's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/mistral/pixtral-12b-2409/

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