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deepseek/deepseek-r1 model retirement
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Novita AI retired model deepseek/deepseek-r1 on September 29, 2026. Calls using this model fail since that date. The retirement affects all requests specifying the deepseek/deepseek-r1 identifier.
What to use instead of deepseek/deepseek-r1
Move to deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash, which Novita recommends as the replacement model.
In Novita AI's words
Model ID: deepseek/deepseek-r1; Retirement date: Sep 29, 2026; Replacement model: deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash
Facts
- API
- Novita AI
api.novita.ai - Model
deepseek/deepseek-r1- Released
- January 1, 2025 (models.dev)
- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- September 29, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Model notices
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Novita AI's own pages
Questions
When does deepseek/deepseek-r1 shut down?
Calls to the model deepseek/deepseek-r1 on Novita AI stopped working on September 29, 2026.
What happens to calls after September 29, 2026?
They have failed since September 29, 2026.
When was deepseek/deepseek-r1 released?
deepseek/deepseek-r1 was released on January 1, 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/deepseek-r1 on other APIs 6
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DeepInfra
deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1Model retirement Stopped working -
Together AI
deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1Model retirement Stopped working -
Azure AI Foundry
deepseek-r1Model retirement Stopped working -
Together AI
deepseek-r1Model retirement Redirected -
No date
Alibaba Model Studio
deepseek-r1Model retirement Deprecated, no date -
No date
iFlow
deepseek-r1Model retirement Deprecated, no date
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