grok-3-mini — Retired — shutdown 2026-05-01

For grok-3-mini, provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry; lifecycle status is Retired; shutdown / retirement date is 2026-05-01; recommended replacement is grok-4-1-fast-reasoning; platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-09-16.

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

| grok-3-mini | 1 | Retired | 2026-05-01 | grok-4-1-fast-reasoning |

— raw.githubusercontent.com, retrieved 2026-08-28

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

Last verified against source: 2026-09-16. Due for re-check by 2026-10-16. This page as Markdown · OKF bundle · full dataset as JSON.