# deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp

Calls to the model deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp on Novita AI stopped working on October 9, 2026.

Novita AI retired the model deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp on October 9, 2026. Calls specifying this model fail since that day. Requests using deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp are no longer processed.

## What to use instead

Switch to zai-org/glm-5.3-flash, which Novita recommends as the replacement.

- API: Novita AI (api.novita.ai)
- Model: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp
- Released: August 21, 2026 (models.dev)
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: October 9, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp`
- Source: [Model notices](https://novita.ai/docs/llms-full.txt#deprecation-notice)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against Novita AI's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/novita-ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp/

## Novita AI's words

> Model ID: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp; Retirement date: Oct 9, 2026; Replacement model: zai-org/glm-5.3-flash

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