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Kimi-K2.5 — Preview — shutdown 2027-01-26

For Kimi-K2.5, provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry; lifecycle status is Preview; shutdown / retirement date is 2027-01-26; 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
Kimi-K2.5 verified
Human-readable model name
Kimi-K2.5 verified
Lifecycle status
Preview verified
Shutdown / retirement date
2027-01-26 verified
Platform / deployment scope
Azure / Microsoft Foundry our reading
Recommended replacement
kimi-k3 per platform.kimi.ai
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DatasetAI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider

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

| Kimi-K2.5 | 1 | Preview | 2027-01-26 | — |

— 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.

| Kimi-K2.5 | 1 | Preview | 2027-01-26 | — |

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-ai-docs/main/articles/foundry/openai/includes/concepts-model-retirement-schedule-content.md

platform.kimi.ai says provider is Moonshot AI, as of 2026-09-09.

`kimi-k2.5` was officially discontinued on **August 31, 2026** and is no longer maintained or supported. Please use the latest Kimi model [kimi-k3](/docs/guide/kimi-k3-quickstart) for continued support and enhanced reasoning capabilities.

https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/models.md

docs.together.ai says provider is Together AI, as of 2026-09-15.

| 2026-05-21 | `moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5` | No |

https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md

docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com says provider is Nebius Token Factory, as of 2026-09-16.

| `moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5` |

https://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/june-2026-deprecation-notice.md

Lifecycle status

raw.githubusercontent.com says lifecycle status is Preview, as of 2026-08-28.

| Kimi-K2.5 | 1 | Preview | 2027-01-26 | — |

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-ai-docs/main/articles/foundry/openai/includes/concepts-model-retirement-schedule-content.md

platform.kimi.ai says lifecycle status is Discontinued, as of 2026-09-09.

`kimi-k2.5` was officially discontinued on **August 31, 2026** and is no longer maintained or supported. Please use the latest Kimi model [kimi-k3](/docs/guide/kimi-k3-quickstart) for continued support and enhanced reasoning capabilities.

https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/models.md

docs.together.ai says lifecycle status is Removed, as of 2026-09-15.

| 2026-05-21 | `moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5` | No |

https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md

docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com says lifecycle status is Removed, as of 2026-09-16.

| `moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5` |

https://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/june-2026-deprecation-notice.md

Shutdown / retirement date

raw.githubusercontent.com says shutdown / retirement date is 2027-01-26, as of 2026-08-28.

| Kimi-K2.5 | 1 | Preview | 2027-01-26 | — |

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-ai-docs/main/articles/foundry/openai/includes/concepts-model-retirement-schedule-content.md

platform.kimi.ai says shutdown / retirement date is August 31, 2026, as of 2026-09-09.

`kimi-k2.5` was officially discontinued on **August 31, 2026** and is no longer maintained or supported. Please use the latest Kimi model [kimi-k3](/docs/guide/kimi-k3-quickstart) for continued support and enhanced reasoning capabilities.

https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/models.md

docs.together.ai says shutdown / retirement date is 2026-05-21, as of 2026-09-15.

| 2026-05-21 | `moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5` | No |

https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md

docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com says shutdown / retirement date is June 22, 2026, as of 2026-09-16.

| `moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5` |

https://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/june-2026-deprecation-notice.md

Platform / deployment scope

raw.githubusercontent.com says platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry, as of 2026-08-28.

| Kimi-K2.5 | 1 | Preview | 2027-01-26 | — |

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-ai-docs/main/articles/foundry/openai/includes/concepts-model-retirement-schedule-content.md

platform.kimi.ai says platform / deployment scope is Kimi API (platform.kimi.ai), as of 2026-09-09.

`kimi-k2.5` was officially discontinued on **August 31, 2026** and is no longer maintained or supported. Please use the latest Kimi model [kimi-k3](/docs/guide/kimi-k3-quickstart) for continued support and enhanced reasoning capabilities.

https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/models.md

docs.together.ai says platform / deployment scope is Together AI serverless inference, as of 2026-09-15.

| 2026-05-21 | `moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5` | No |

https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md

docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com says platform / deployment scope is Nebius Token Factory serverless (dedicated endpoints unaffected), as of 2026-09-16.

| `moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5` |

https://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/june-2026-deprecation-notice.md

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