Kimi-K2.6 — Preview — shutdown 2027-04-16
For Kimi-K2.6, provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry; lifecycle status is Preview; shutdown / retirement date is 2027-04-16; 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-K2.6 verified
- Human-readable model name
- Kimi-K2.6 verified
- Lifecycle status
- Preview verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2027-04-16 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
| Kimi-K2.6 | 2026-04-20 | Preview | 2027-04-16 | — |
— 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-K2.6 | 2026-04-20 | Preview | 2027-04-16 | — |
docs.together.ai says provider is Together AI, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2026-08-19 | `moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6` | Yes |
https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
Lifecycle status
raw.githubusercontent.com says lifecycle status is Preview, as of 2026-08-28.
| Kimi-K2.6 | 2026-04-20 | Preview | 2027-04-16 | — |
docs.together.ai says lifecycle status is Removed, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2026-08-19 | `moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6` | Yes |
https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
Shutdown / retirement date
raw.githubusercontent.com says shutdown / retirement date is 2027-04-16, as of 2026-08-28.
| Kimi-K2.6 | 2026-04-20 | Preview | 2027-04-16 | — |
docs.together.ai says shutdown / retirement date is 2026-08-19, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2026-08-19 | `moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6` | Yes |
https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
Platform / deployment scope
raw.githubusercontent.com says platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry, as of 2026-08-28.
| Kimi-K2.6 | 2026-04-20 | Preview | 2027-04-16 | — |
docs.together.ai says platform / deployment scope is Together AI serverless inference, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2026-08-19 | `moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6` | Yes |
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
- docs.together.aihttps://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md