DeepSeek-V3.1 — Retired or Legacy or Removed — shutdown 2026-07-13 or March 30, 2027 or 2026-05-14 — sources disagree
For DeepSeek-V3.1, provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry; lifecycle status is disputed: Retired per learn.microsoft.com, Legacy per docs.aws.amazon.com, Removed per docs.together.ai; shutdown / retirement date is disputed: 2026-07-13 per learn.microsoft.com, March 30, 2027 per docs.aws.amazon.com, 2026-05-14 per docs.together.ai; recommended replacement is DeepSeek-V4-Flash; 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
- AWS Bedrock per docs.aws.amazon.com
- Together AI per docs.together.ai
- Model ID / API name
- DeepSeek-V3.1 verified
- Human-readable model name
- DeepSeek-V3.1 verified
- Lifecycle status
- Retired sources disagree
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2026-07-13 sources disagree
- Recommended replacement
- DeepSeek-V4-Flash verified
- Platform / deployment scope
- Azure / Microsoft Foundry our reading
- AWS Bedrock (bedrock-mantle API) per docs.aws.amazon.com
- Together AI serverless inference per docs.together.ai
- AWS Regions covered
- ap-northeast-1, ap-south-1, ap-southeast-2, ap-southeast-3, eu-north-1, eu-west-2, us-east-2, us-west-2 per docs.aws.amazon.com
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-V3.1 | 1 | Retired | 2026-07-13 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash |
— 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 | | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | 1 | Retired | 2026-07-13 | DeepSeek-V4-Pro | | DeepSeek-V3-0324 | 1 | Retired | 2026-07-13 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash | | DeepSeek-V3.1 | 1 | Retired | 2026-07-13 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash |
— 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-V3.1 | 1 | Retired | 2026-07-13 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
docs.aws.amazon.com says lifecycle status is Legacy, as of 2026-10-16.
DeepSeek | DeepSeek-V3.1 | deepseek.v3-v1:0 (bedrock-runtime), deepseek.v3.1 (bedrock-mantle) | ap-northeast-1, ap-south-1, ap-southeast-2, ap-southeast-3, eu-north-1, eu-west-2, us-east-2, us-west-2 | September 30, 2026 | March 30, 2027 | To be announced |
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/model-lifecycle-legacy.html
docs.together.ai says lifecycle status is Removed, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2026-05-14 | `deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.1` | Yes |
https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
Shutdown / retirement date
learn.microsoft.com says shutdown / retirement date is 2026-07-13, as of 2026-08-28.
| DeepSeek-V3.1 | 1 | Retired | 2026-07-13 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
docs.aws.amazon.com says shutdown / retirement date is March 30, 2027, as of 2026-10-16.
DeepSeek | DeepSeek-V3.1 | deepseek.v3-v1:0 (bedrock-runtime), deepseek.v3.1 (bedrock-mantle) | ap-northeast-1, ap-south-1, ap-southeast-2, ap-southeast-3, eu-north-1, eu-west-2, us-east-2, us-west-2 | September 30, 2026 | March 30, 2027 | To be announced |
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/model-lifecycle-legacy.html
docs.together.ai says shutdown / retirement date is 2026-05-14, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2026-05-14 | `deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.1` | Yes |
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 in the Legacy state with an announced EOL date. Migrate to an Active model before the EOL date.
— docs.aws.amazon.com, retrieved 2026-10-16
Lifecycle status
The table below lists all models removed from serverless inference, most recent first.
— docs.together.ai, retrieved 2026-09-15
Sources
- learn.microsoft.comhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
- docs.aws.amazon.comhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/model-lifecycle-legacy.html
- docs.together.aihttps://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
- docs.together.aihttps://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations