Kimi-K2.5 — Preview or Discontinued or Removed — shutdown 2027-01-26, August 31, 2026, 2026-05-21 or 1 more — sources disagree

For Kimi-K2.5, provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry; lifecycle status is disputed: Preview per learn.microsoft.com, Discontinued per platform.kimi.ai, Removed per docs.together.ai, 1 more; shutdown / retirement date is disputed: 2027-01-26 per learn.microsoft.com, August 31, 2026 per platform.kimi.ai, 2026-05-21 per docs.together.ai, 1 more; platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-10-13.

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 | — |

— 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.

— all from learn.microsoft.com, retrieved 2026-08-28

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.

Sources

• learn.microsoft.comhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
• platform.kimi.aihttps://platform.kimi.ai/docs/models.md
• docs.together.aihttps://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
• docs.together.aihttps://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations
• docs.tokenfactory.nebius.comhttps://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/june-2026-deprecation-notice.md
• docs.tokenfactory.nebius.comhttps://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/june-2026-deprecation-notice

Last verified against source: 2026-10-13. Due for re-check by 2026-11-11. This page as Markdown · OKF bundle · full dataset as JSON.