kimi-thinking-preview — Discontinued — shutdown November 11, 2025
For kimi-thinking-preview, provider is Moonshot AI; lifecycle status is Discontinued; shutdown / retirement date is November 11, 2025; recommended replacement is kimi-k3; platform / deployment scope is Kimi API (platform.kimi.ai), recorded from its source on 2026-09-09.
- Provider
- Moonshot AI our reading
- Model ID / API name
- kimi-thinking-preview verified
- Lifecycle status
- Discontinued
- Shutdown / retirement date
- November 11, 2025 verified
- Recommended replacement
- kimi-k3 verified
- Platform / deployment scope
- Kimi API (platform.kimi.ai) our reading
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What the source says
`kimi-thinking-preview` was officially discontinued on **November 11, 2025** and is no longer maintained or supported. We recommend upgrading to the latest model [kimi-k3](/docs/guide/kimi-k3-quickstart) for continued support and enhanced reasoning capabilities.
— platform.kimi.ai, retrieved 2026-09-09
Source
- platform.kimi.aihttps://platform.kimi.ai/docs/models.md
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