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MiniMax-M2.5 — Deprecated — shutdown 5/18/2026

For MiniMax-M2.5, provider is SambaNova; lifecycle status is Deprecated; deprecation announced is May 4, 2026; shutdown / retirement date is 5/18/2026; recommended replacement is MiniMax-M2.7; platform / deployment scope is SambaNova SambaCloud (model remains available on SambaStack and SambaManaged), recorded from its source on 2026-09-15.

Provider
SambaNova our reading
Model ID / API name
MiniMax-M2.5 verified
Lifecycle status
Deprecated verified
Deprecation announced
May 4, 2026 verified
Shutdown / retirement date
5/18/2026 verified
Recommended replacement
MiniMax-M2.7 verified
Platform / deployment scope
SambaNova SambaCloud (model remains available on SambaStack and SambaManaged) our reading
Sourcedocs.sambanova.ai
Verified
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What the source says

| `MiniMax-M2.5` | 5/18/2026 | `MiniMax-M2.7` |

— docs.sambanova.ai, retrieved 2026-09-15

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Lifecycle status

Models that are being deprecated and moved to SambaStack and SambaManaged only:

Deprecation announced

May 18, 2026 On May 4, 2026, SambaNova notified users of the following model deprecation.

— all from docs.sambanova.ai, retrieved 2026-09-15

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

docs.sambanova.ai says provider is SambaNova, as of 2026-09-15.

| `MiniMax-M2.5` | 5/18/2026 | `MiniMax-M2.7` |

https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md

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

| [`MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/text2text/MiniMaxAI%2FMiniMax-M2.5) | [`MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/text2text/MiniMaxAI%2FMiniMax-M3) |

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

Lifecycle status

docs.sambanova.ai says lifecycle status is Deprecated, as of 2026-09-15.

| `MiniMax-M2.5` | 5/18/2026 | `MiniMax-M2.7` |

https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md

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

| [`MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/text2text/MiniMaxAI%2FMiniMax-M2.5) | [`MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/text2text/MiniMaxAI%2FMiniMax-M3) |

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

Shutdown / retirement date

docs.sambanova.ai says shutdown / retirement date is 5/18/2026, as of 2026-09-15.

| `MiniMax-M2.5` | 5/18/2026 | `MiniMax-M2.7` |

https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md

docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com says shutdown / retirement date is August 31, 2026, as of 2026-09-16.

| [`MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/text2text/MiniMaxAI%2FMiniMax-M2.5) | [`MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/text2text/MiniMaxAI%2FMiniMax-M3) |

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

Recommended replacement

docs.sambanova.ai says recommended replacement is MiniMax-M2.7, as of 2026-09-15.

| `MiniMax-M2.5` | 5/18/2026 | `MiniMax-M2.7` |

https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md

docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com says recommended replacement is MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3, as of 2026-09-16.

| [`MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/text2text/MiniMaxAI%2FMiniMax-M2.5) | [`MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/text2text/MiniMaxAI%2FMiniMax-M3) |

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

Platform / deployment scope

docs.sambanova.ai says platform / deployment scope is SambaNova SambaCloud (model remains available on SambaStack and SambaManaged), as of 2026-09-15.

| `MiniMax-M2.5` | 5/18/2026 | `MiniMax-M2.7` |

https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md

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

| [`MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/text2text/MiniMaxAI%2FMiniMax-M2.5) | [`MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/text2text/MiniMaxAI%2FMiniMax-M3) |

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

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