deepseek-chat — Discontinued — shutdown 2026-07-24
For deepseek-chat, provider is DeepSeek; lifecycle status is Discontinued; shutdown / retirement date is 2026-07-24; recommended replacement is deepseek-v4-flash; platform / deployment scope is DeepSeek API, recorded from its source on 2026-09-09.
- Provider
- DeepSeek our reading
- Model ID / API name
- deepseek-chat verified
- Lifecycle status
- Discontinued
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2026-07-24 verified
- Recommended replacement
- deepseek-v4-flash verified
- Platform / deployment scope
- DeepSeek API our reading
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What the source says
The two legacy API model names, deepseek-chat and deepseek-reasoner, will be discontinued in three months (2026-07-24). During the current period, these two model names point to the non-thinking mode and thinking mode of deepseek-v4-flash, respectively.
— api-docs.deepseek.com, retrieved 2026-09-09
Source
- api-docs.deepseek.comhttps://api-docs.deepseek.com/updates
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