DeepSeek-R1 — Retired — shutdown 2026-08-13
For DeepSeek-R1, provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry; lifecycle status is Retired; shutdown / retirement date is 2026-08-13; recommended replacement is DeepSeek-V4-Pro; platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-09-16.
- Provider
- Microsoft Azure / Foundry our reading
- Model ID / API name
- DeepSeek-R1 verified
- Human-readable model name
- DeepSeek-R1 verified
- Lifecycle status
- Retired verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2026-08-13 verified
- Recommended replacement
- DeepSeek-V4-Pro verified
- 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 |
— raw.githubusercontent.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.
Provider
raw.githubusercontent.com says provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry, as of 2026-08-28.
| DeepSeek-R1 | 1 | Retired | 2026-08-13 | DeepSeek-V4-Pro |
docs.together.ai says provider is Together AI, as of 2026-09-15.
| `DeepSeek-R1` | `DeepSeek-R1-0528` | Same architecture, targeted improvements |
https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
Lifecycle status
raw.githubusercontent.com says lifecycle status is Retired, as of 2026-08-28.
| DeepSeek-R1 | 1 | Retired | 2026-08-13 | DeepSeek-V4-Pro |
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
raw.githubusercontent.com says recommended replacement is DeepSeek-V4-Pro, as of 2026-08-28.
| DeepSeek-R1 | 1 | Retired | 2026-08-13 | DeepSeek-V4-Pro |
docs.together.ai says recommended replacement is DeepSeek-R1-0528, as of 2026-09-15.
| `DeepSeek-R1` | `DeepSeek-R1-0528` | Same architecture, targeted improvements |
Sources
- raw.githubusercontent.comhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-ai-docs/main/articles/foundry/openai/includes/concepts-model-retirement-schedule-content.md
- learn.microsoft.comhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
- docs.together.aihttps://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md