Cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026 — Preview — shutdown 2026-10-16
For Cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026, provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry; lifecycle status is Preview; shutdown / retirement date is 2026-10-16; recommended replacement is coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-fp8, coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-bf16, coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-w4a4; platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry, recorded from its source on 2026-09-21; source re-checked 2026-10-13.
- Provider
- Microsoft Azure / Foundry our reading
- Model ID / API name
- Cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026 verified
- Human-readable model name
- Cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026 verified
- Lifecycle status
- Preview verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2026-10-16 verified
- Recommended replacement
- coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-fp8, coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-bf16, coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-w4a4
- Platform / deployment scope
- Azure / Microsoft Foundry our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
| Cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026 | 1 | Preview | 2026-10-16 | coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-fp8^1^, coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-bf16^1^, coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-w4a4^1^ |
— learn.microsoft.com, retrieved 2026-09-21
Where each value comes from
The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.
Shutdown / retirement date
| Model | Version | Lifecycle | Retirement date | Replacement | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cohere-parse-v5 | 1 | Preview | 2026-12-15 | — | | Cohere-rerank-v4.0-fast | 1 | GA | — | — | | Cohere-rerank-v4.0-pro | 1 | GA | — | — | | cohere-command-a | 1 | GA | — | — | | Cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026 | 1 | Preview | 2026-10-16 | coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-fp8^1^, coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-bf16^1^, coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-w4a4^1^ |
— all from learn.microsoft.com, retrieved 2026-09-21
Source
- learn.microsoft.comhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule