DeepSeek-V4-Flash — GA or Retired or Removed — shutdown 2028-02-20 or October 10, 2026 or August 31, 2026 — sources disagree
For DeepSeek-V4-Flash, provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry; lifecycle status is disputed: GA per learn.microsoft.com, Retired per alibabacloud.com, Removed per docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com; shutdown / retirement date is disputed: 2028-02-20 per learn.microsoft.com, October 10, 2026 per alibabacloud.com, August 31, 2026 per docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com; recommended replacement is disputed: DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 per learn.microsoft.com, deepseek-v4-flash-0731 per alibabacloud.com, deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 per docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com; platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry, recorded from its source on 2026-09-09; source re-checked 2026-10-13.
- Provider
- Microsoft Azure / Foundry our reading
- Alibaba Cloud Model Studio per alibabacloud.com
- Nebius Token Factory per docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com
- Model ID / API name
- DeepSeek-V4-Flash verified
- Human-readable model name
- DeepSeek-V4-Flash verified
- Lifecycle status
- GA sources disagree
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2028-02-20 sources disagree
- Recommended replacement
- DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 sources disagree
- Platform / deployment scope
- Azure / Microsoft Foundry our reading
- Nebius Token Factory serverless (dedicated endpoints unaffected) per docs.tokenfactory.nebius.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-V4-Flash | 2026-04-23 | GA | 2028-02-20 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 |
— learn.microsoft.com, retrieved 2026-09-09
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 | | DeepSeek-V3.2 | 1 | GA | — | — | | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale | 1 | GA | — | — | | DeepSeek-V4-Flash | 2026-04-23 | GA | 2028-02-20 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 |
— all from learn.microsoft.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.
Lifecycle status
learn.microsoft.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 |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
alibabacloud.com says lifecycle status is Retired, as of 2026-10-11.
deepseek-v4-flash | 0.2 | 0.4 | deepseek-v4-flash-0731 | 0.22 | 0.66 |
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
learn.microsoft.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 |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
alibabacloud.com says shutdown / retirement date is October 10, 2026, as of 2026-10-11.
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
learn.microsoft.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 |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
alibabacloud.com says recommended replacement is deepseek-v4-flash-0731, as of 2026-10-11.
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
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.
Shutdown / retirement date
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio will retire the models listed in the table below on October 10, 2026.
— alibabacloud.com, retrieved 2026-10-11
Shutdown / retirement date
These models will be removed from Token Factory on **August 31, 2026**.
— docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com, retrieved 2026-09-16
Platform / deployment scope
Affected Serverless models will no longer be available via API or Playground.
— docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com, retrieved 2026-09-16
Sources
- 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
- docs.tokenfactory.nebius.comhttps://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/august-2026-deprecation-notice