DeepSeek-R1 — Retired or Redirected — shutdown 2026-08-13 — sources disagree
For DeepSeek-R1, provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry; lifecycle status is disputed: Retired per learn.microsoft.com, Redirected per docs.together.ai; shutdown / retirement date is 2026-08-13; recommended replacement is disputed: DeepSeek-V4-Pro per learn.microsoft.com, DeepSeek-R1-0528 per docs.together.ai; platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-10-13.
- Provider
- Microsoft Azure / Foundry our reading
- Together AI per docs.together.ai
- Model ID / API name
- DeepSeek-R1 verified
- Human-readable model name
- DeepSeek-R1 verified
- Lifecycle status
- Retired sources disagree
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2026-08-13 verified
- Recommended replacement
- DeepSeek-V4-Pro sources disagree
- 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
| DeepSeek-R1 | 1 | Retired | 2026-08-13 | DeepSeek-V4-Pro |
— learn.microsoft.com, retrieved 2026-08-28
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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | DeepSeek-R1 | 1 | Retired | 2026-08-13 | DeepSeek-V4-Pro |
— all from learn.microsoft.com, retrieved 2026-08-28
Sources disagree
More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from — deciding between them is yours, not ours.
Lifecycle status
learn.microsoft.com says lifecycle status is Retired, as of 2026-08-28.
| DeepSeek-R1 | 1 | Retired | 2026-08-13 | DeepSeek-V4-Pro |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
docs.together.ai says lifecycle status is Redirected, as of 2026-09-15.
| `DeepSeek-R1` | `DeepSeek-R1-0528` | Same architecture, targeted improvements |
https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
Recommended replacement
learn.microsoft.com says recommended replacement is DeepSeek-V4-Pro, as of 2026-08-28.
| DeepSeek-R1 | 1 | Retired | 2026-08-13 | DeepSeek-V4-Pro |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
docs.together.ai says recommended replacement is DeepSeek-R1-0528, as of 2026-09-15.
| `DeepSeek-R1` | `DeepSeek-R1-0528` | Same architecture, targeted improvements |
Where the other sources' values come from
These values were taken from a passage elsewhere on the other source's page, not from the row quoted with it above.
Lifecycle status
The following models are redirected to newer versions. Requests to the original model ID are automatically routed to the upgraded version:
— docs.together.ai, retrieved 2026-09-15
Sources
- learn.microsoft.comhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
- docs.together.aihttps://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
- docs.together.aihttps://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations