# moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905 — End-of-Life — shutdown 04/15/26

For moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905, provider is Groq; lifecycle status is End-of-Life; deprecation announced is March 23, 2026; shutdown / retirement date is 04/15/26; recommended replacement is openai/gpt-oss-120b, recorded from its source on 2026-09-09.

- **Provider:** Groq _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Model ID / API name:** moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** End-of-Life
- **Deprecation announced:** March 23, 2026 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** 04/15/26 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** openai/gpt-oss-120b _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Platform / deployment scope:** Together AI serverless inference _(per docs.together.ai, not stated by the source above)_

## What the source says

> April 15, 2026: moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905 In line with our commitment to bringing you cutting-edge models, on March 23, 2026, we emailed users to announce the deprecation of moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905 in favor of openai/gpt-oss-120b. The GPT-OSS 120B model delivers exceptional reasoning performance with faster inference, enabling your applications to harness state-of-the-art AI capabilities with unparalleled speed on our platform. Deprecated Model | Shutdown Date | Recommended Replacement Model ID | moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905 | 04/15/26 | openai/gpt-oss-120b |

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Deprecation announced

> In line with our commitment to bringing you cutting-edge models, on March 23, 2026, we emailed users to announce the deprecation of moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905 in favor of openai/gpt-oss-120b. The GPT-OSS 120B model delivers exceptional reasoning performance with faster inference, enabling your applications to harness state-of-the-art AI capabilities with unparalleled speed on our platform.

## 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.

### Provider

console.groq.com says provider is **Groq**, as of 2026-09-09.

> April 15, 2026: moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905 In line with our commitment to bringing you cutting-edge models, on March 23, 2026, we emailed users to announce the deprecation of moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905 in favor of openai/gpt-oss-120b. The GPT-OSS 120B model delivers exceptional reasoning performance with faster inference, enabling your applications to harness state-of-the-art AI capabilities with unparalleled speed on our platform. Deprecated Model | Shutdown Date | Recommended Replacement Model ID | moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905 | 04/15/26 | openai/gpt-oss-120b |

Source: https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations

docs.together.ai says provider is **Together AI**, as of 2026-09-15.

> | 2026-03-06                  | `moonshotai/Kimi-K2-Instruct-0905`                  | No                                         |

Source: https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md


### Lifecycle status

console.groq.com says lifecycle status is **End-of-Life**, as of 2026-09-09.

> April 15, 2026: moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905 In line with our commitment to bringing you cutting-edge models, on March 23, 2026, we emailed users to announce the deprecation of moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905 in favor of openai/gpt-oss-120b. The GPT-OSS 120B model delivers exceptional reasoning performance with faster inference, enabling your applications to harness state-of-the-art AI capabilities with unparalleled speed on our platform. Deprecated Model | Shutdown Date | Recommended Replacement Model ID | moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905 | 04/15/26 | openai/gpt-oss-120b |

Source: https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations

docs.together.ai says lifecycle status is **Removed**, as of 2026-09-15.

> | 2026-03-06                  | `moonshotai/Kimi-K2-Instruct-0905`                  | No                                         |

Source: https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md


### Shutdown / retirement date

console.groq.com says shutdown / retirement date is **04/15/26**, as of 2026-09-09.

> April 15, 2026: moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905 In line with our commitment to bringing you cutting-edge models, on March 23, 2026, we emailed users to announce the deprecation of moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905 in favor of openai/gpt-oss-120b. The GPT-OSS 120B model delivers exceptional reasoning performance with faster inference, enabling your applications to harness state-of-the-art AI capabilities with unparalleled speed on our platform. Deprecated Model | Shutdown Date | Recommended Replacement Model ID | moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905 | 04/15/26 | openai/gpt-oss-120b |

Source: https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations

docs.together.ai says shutdown / retirement date is **2026-03-06**, as of 2026-09-15.

> | 2026-03-06                  | `moonshotai/Kimi-K2-Instruct-0905`                  | No                                         |

Source: https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md


## Source

- https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations
- https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md

Last verified: 2026-09-09. Review by: 2026-10-09.
Part of [AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider](https://referencesource.org/ai-model-deprecation-and-retirement/).