# mistral-small-2506 — AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider

For mistral-small-2506, provider is Mistral AI; human-readable model name is Mistral Small 3.2; lifecycle status is Deprecated; deprecation announced is 4/30/2026; shutdown / retirement date is 7/31/2026, verified against its source on 2026-08-12.

- **Provider:** Mistral AI _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Model ID / API name:** mistral-small-2506 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Human-readable model name:** Mistral Small 3.2 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** Deprecated _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deprecation announced:** 4/30/2026 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** 7/31/2026 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** Mistral Small 4 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> v 1.5 Deprecated Copy section link Deprecated Deprecated & retired models Older models that have been deprecated or retired. Model | Version | API | Deprecation Retirement | Alternative | Scroll for more <https://docs.mistral.ai/models/leanstral-26-03> Leanstral ↗ | 26.03 | labs-leanstral-2603 | 5/22/2026 6/30/2026 | <https://docs.mistral.ai/models/leanstral-1-5> Leanstral 1.5 | <https://docs.mistral.ai/models/mistral-medium-3-1-25-08> Mistral Medium 3.1 ↗ | 25.08 | mistral-medium-2508 | 5/22/2026 8/31/2026 | <https://docs.mistral.ai/models/mistral-medium-3-5-26-04> Mistral Medium 3.5 | <https://docs.mistral.ai/models/mistral-small-3-2-25-06> Mistral Small 3.2 ↗ | 25.06 | mistral-small-2506 | 4/30/2026 7/31/2026 | <https://docs.mistral.ai/models/mistral-small-4-0-26-03> Mistral Small 4 |

## Source

- https://docs.mistral.ai/getting-started/models/models_overview/

Last verified: 2026-08-12. Review by: 2026-09-11.
Part of [AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider](https://referencesource.org/ai-model-deprecation-and-retirement/).