DeepSeek-V4-Flash — GA — shutdown 2028-02-20
For DeepSeek-V4-Flash, provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry; lifecycle status is GA; shutdown / retirement date is 2028-02-20; recommended replacement is DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731; platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry, recorded from its source on 2026-09-09; source re-checked 2026-09-16.
- Provider
- Microsoft Azure / Foundry our reading
- Model ID / API name
- DeepSeek-V4-Flash verified
- Human-readable model name
- DeepSeek-V4-Flash verified
- Lifecycle status
- GA verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2028-02-20 verified
- Recommended replacement
- DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 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-V4-Flash | 2026-04-23 | GA | 2028-02-20 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 |
— raw.githubusercontent.com, retrieved 2026-09-09
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 2026-09-09.
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash | 2026-04-23 | GA | 2028-02-20 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 |
alibabacloud.com says provider is Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, as of 2026-09-15.
deepseek-v4-flash | 0.2 | 0.4 | deepseek-v4-flash-0731 | 0.22 | 0.66 |
docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com says provider is Nebius Token Factory, as of 2026-09-16.
| [`deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/text2text/deepseek-ai%2FDeepSeek-V4-Flash) | [`deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/?modals=endpoint-details\&model-id=deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731) |
https://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/august-2026-deprecation-notice.md
Lifecycle status
raw.githubusercontent.com says lifecycle status is GA, as of 2026-09-09.
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash | 2026-04-23 | GA | 2028-02-20 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 |
docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com says lifecycle status is Removed, as of 2026-09-16.
| [`deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/text2text/deepseek-ai%2FDeepSeek-V4-Flash) | [`deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/?modals=endpoint-details\&model-id=deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731) |
https://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/august-2026-deprecation-notice.md
Shutdown / retirement date
raw.githubusercontent.com says shutdown / retirement date is 2028-02-20, as of 2026-09-09.
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash | 2026-04-23 | GA | 2028-02-20 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 |
alibabacloud.com says shutdown / retirement date is October 10, 2026, as of 2026-09-15.
deepseek-v4-flash | 0.2 | 0.4 | deepseek-v4-flash-0731 | 0.22 | 0.66 |
docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com says shutdown / retirement date is August 31, 2026, as of 2026-09-16.
| [`deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/text2text/deepseek-ai%2FDeepSeek-V4-Flash) | [`deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/?modals=endpoint-details\&model-id=deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731) |
https://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/august-2026-deprecation-notice.md
Recommended replacement
raw.githubusercontent.com says recommended replacement is DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731, as of 2026-09-09.
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash | 2026-04-23 | GA | 2028-02-20 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 |
alibabacloud.com says recommended replacement is deepseek-v4-flash-0731, as of 2026-09-15.
deepseek-v4-flash | 0.2 | 0.4 | deepseek-v4-flash-0731 | 0.22 | 0.66 |
docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com says recommended replacement is deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731, as of 2026-09-16.
| [`deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/text2text/deepseek-ai%2FDeepSeek-V4-Flash) | [`deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/?modals=endpoint-details\&model-id=deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731) |
https://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/august-2026-deprecation-notice.md
Platform / deployment scope
raw.githubusercontent.com says platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry, as of 2026-09-09.
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash | 2026-04-23 | GA | 2028-02-20 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 |
docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com says platform / deployment scope is Nebius Token Factory serverless (dedicated endpoints unaffected), as of 2026-09-16.
| [`deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/text2text/deepseek-ai%2FDeepSeek-V4-Flash) | [`deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/?modals=endpoint-details\&model-id=deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731) |
https://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/august-2026-deprecation-notice.md
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
- alibabacloud.comhttps://www.alibabacloud.com/en/notice/model_studio_notice_of_retirement_for_selected_legacy_models_7d9
- docs.tokenfactory.nebius.comhttps://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/august-2026-deprecation-notice.md