grok314-day spreadThe same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.
Route lifecycle record
Azure AI Foundry model deprecations
Last verified
Every model deprecation and retirement date Azure AI Foundry has published, across every provider hosted on that platform. Every row keeps its own receipt.
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Track models free- Dated notices tracked
- 133
- Upcoming
- 102
- Past
- 31
- Route divergences
- 6
This is a route view, not a provider’s own schedule
Azure AI Foundry is a hosting platform, not a model provider. Every row below is a retirement date Azure AI Foundry has published for a model it hosts, sourced from Azure AI Foundry’s own retirement schedule — not each model provider’s first-party page. A hosted provider’s own API can publish a different date for the same model; see the divergence section below where that gap is documented and dated.
Providers hosted on this route
- OpenAI75
- Fireworks AI13
- Anthropic8
- DeepSeek7
- Microsoft6
- xAI6
- Meta5
- Cohere4
- Moonshot AI3
- Stability AI3
- Mistral1
- Nixtla1
- NTT Data1
Notice policy
60+ day minimum
GA models get at least 60 days’ notice — email plus an Azure Service Health advisory — before retirement; preview models get at least 30 days. Each GA model’s retirement date (18 months out, or 12 months for Anthropic, DeepSeek, Fireworks, and Mistral AI) is set at launch and isn’t extendable, except for shortened-notice emergency security retirements.
Fireworks AI’s models on Azure AI Foundry’s Standard (pay-as-you-go) tier are a narrower exception: a stated 15-day notice period before retirement. 13 of this page’s rows are Fireworks AI-hosted models subject to that clause. Source
Azure AI Foundry publishes forward-looking retirement dates ahead of the notice window.
Read Azure AI Foundry’s policyUpcoming retirements
102 dated retirements, soonest first.
| Model | Provider | Retirement date | Announced / observed | Replacement | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gpt-chat-latest@2026-05-28 | OpenAI | August 28, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
model-router@2025-05-19 | Microsoft | August 30, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
model-router@2025-08-07 | Microsoft | August 30, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-realtime-2@2026-05-06 | OpenAI | August 31, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
TimeGEN-1@1 | Nixtla | August 31, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | TimeGPT-1, TimegGPT-2.1Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
tsuzumi-7b@2 | NTT Data | August 31, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | tsuzumi2Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
MAI-Transcribe-1@2026-01-23 | Microsoft | September 15, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | MAI-Transcribe-1.5Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gpt-realtime-mini@2025-10-06 | OpenAI | September 21, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-chat-latest@2026-06-24 | OpenAI | September 24, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-4o@2024-05-13 | OpenAI | October 1, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gpt-5.1 Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
o3-mini@2025-01-31 | OpenAI | October 1, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | o4-miniProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
Kimi-K2.7-Code@2026-06-12 | Moonshot AI | October 3, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
Cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026@1 | Cohere | October 13, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-4o-mini-transcribe@2025-03-20 | OpenAI | October 15, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-4o-mini-tts@2025-03-20 | OpenAI | October 15, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-4o-transcribe@2025-03-20 | OpenAI | October 15, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
sora-2@2025-12-08 | OpenAI | October 15, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
o4-mini@2025-04-16 | OpenAI | October 16, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
claude-haiku-4-5 | Anthropic | October 19, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
claude-opus-4-5 | Anthropic | October 19, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
claude-sonnet-4-5 | Anthropic | October 19, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
o1-pro@2025-03-19 | OpenAI | October 21, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gpt-5.6-sol Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
o1@2024-12-17 | OpenAI | October 21, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gpt-5.6-sol Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
o3@2025-04-16 | OpenAI | October 21, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gpt-5.6-sol Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gpt-image-1@2025-04-15 | OpenAI | October 23, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
codex-mini@2025-05-16 | OpenAI | November 15, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-chat-latest@2026-08-06 | OpenAI | December 2, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731@2026-07-31 | DeepSeek | December 3, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-realtime-mini@2025-12-15 | OpenAI | December 15, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
tts-hd@001 | OpenAI | December 15, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
tts@001 | OpenAI | December 15, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
whisper@001 | OpenAI | December 15, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
o3-pro@2025-06-10 | OpenAI | December 17, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
o3-deep-research@2025-06-26 | OpenAI | December 26, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
Kimi-K2.5@1 | Moonshot AI | January 26, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
claude-opus-4-6 | Anthropic | February 2, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5-mini@2025-08-07 | OpenAI | February 9, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5-nano@2025-08-07 | OpenAI | February 9, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5@2025-08-07 | OpenAI | February 9, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
claude-sonnet-4-6 | Anthropic | February 10, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-audio@2025-08-28 | OpenAI | March 2, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-realtime@2025-08-28 | OpenAI | March 2, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5-codex@2025-09-15 | OpenAI | March 17, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
claude-mythos-preview | Anthropic | April 2, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
claude-opus-4-7 | Anthropic | April 6, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-audio-mini@2025-10-06 | OpenAI | April 6, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
grok-4-20-non-reasoning@1 | xAI | April 6, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
grok-4-20-reasoning@1 | xAI | April 6, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5-pro@2025-10-06 | OpenAI | April 7, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-image-1-mini@2025-10-06 | OpenAI | April 7, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-4.1-mini@2025-04-14 | OpenAI | April 14, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-4.1-nano@2025-04-14 | OpenAI | April 14, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-4.1@2025-04-14 | OpenAI | April 14, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-4o-mini@2024-07-18 | OpenAI | April 14, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-4o@2024-08-06 | OpenAI | April 14, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gpt-5.1 Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gpt-4o@2024-11-20 | OpenAI | April 14, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gpt-5.1 Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize@2025-10-15 | OpenAI | April 15, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
Kimi-K2.6@2026-04-20 | Moonshot AI | April 16, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5.1-codex-mini@2025-11-13 | OpenAI | May 15, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5.1-codex@2025-11-13 | OpenAI | May 15, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5.1@2025-11-13 | OpenAI | May 15, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5.1-codex-max@2025-12-04 | OpenAI | May 18, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
model-router@2025-11-18 | Microsoft | May 20, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5.2@2025-12-11 | OpenAI | June 8, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-4o-mini-transcribe@2025-12-15 | OpenAI | June 15, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-4o-mini-tts@2025-12-15 | OpenAI | June 15, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-audio-mini@2025-12-15 | OpenAI | June 15, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-image-1.5@2025-12-16 | OpenAI | June 16, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-realtime-2.1-mini@2026-07-07 | OpenAI | June 25, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-realtime-2.1@2026-07-07 | OpenAI | June 25, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
FW-DeepSeek-V3.1@1 | Fireworks AI | July 1, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
FW-DeepSeek-V3.2@1 | Fireworks AI | July 1, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
FW-GLM-4.7@1 | Fireworks AI | July 1, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
FW-GLM-5.1@1 | Fireworks AI | July 1, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
FW-GLM-5@1 | Fireworks AI | July 1, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
FW-GPT-OSS-120B@1 | Fireworks AI | July 1, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
FW-Kimi-K2-Instruct-0905@1 | Fireworks AI | July 1, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
FW-Kimi-K2-Thinking@1 | Fireworks AI | July 1, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
FW-Kimi-K2.5@1 | Fireworks AI | July 1, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
FW-MiniMax-M2.5@1 | Fireworks AI | July 1, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
FW-Qwen3-14B@1 | Fireworks AI | July 1, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
FW-Qwen3.5-122B-A10B@1 | Fireworks AI | July 1, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
FW-Qwen3.5-397B-A17B@1 | Fireworks AI | July 1, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5.2-codex@2026-01-14 | OpenAI | July 13, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5.3-codex@2026-02-24 | OpenAI | August 24, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-audio-1.5@2026-02-23 | OpenAI | August 24, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-realtime-1.5@2026-02-23 | OpenAI | August 24, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5.4@2026-03-05 | OpenAI | September 2, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5.4-pro@2026-03-05 | OpenAI | September 7, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5.4-mini@2026-03-17 | OpenAI | September 21, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5.4-nano@2026-03-17 | OpenAI | September 21, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-image-2@2026-04-21 | OpenAI | October 21, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5.5@2026-04-24 | OpenAI | October 26, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5.6-luna@2026-07-09 | OpenAI | January 11, 2028 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5.6-sol@2026-07-09 | OpenAI | January 11, 2028 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gpt-5.6-terra@2026-07-09 | OpenAI | January 11, 2028 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
text-embedding-3-large@1 | OpenAI | February 9, 2028 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
text-embedding-3-small@1 | OpenAI | February 9, 2028 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
text-embedding-ada-002@1 | OpenAI | February 9, 2028 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
text-embedding-ada-002@2 | OpenAI | February 9, 2028 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
DeepSeek-V4-Flash@2026-04-23 | DeepSeek | February 20, 2028 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
DeepSeek-V4-Pro@2026-04-23 | DeepSeek | February 20, 2028 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
Past retirements
31 dated retirements, most recent first.
| Model | Provider | Retirement date | Announced / observed | Replacement | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAI-Image-2@2026-02-20 | Microsoft | August 15, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | MAI-Image-2.5Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
MAI-Image-2e@2026-04-09 | Microsoft | August 15, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | MAI-Image-2.5-FlashProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
DeepSeek-R1@1 | DeepSeek | August 13, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | DeepSeek-V4-ProProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
claude-opus-4-1 | Anthropic | August 5, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | claude-opus-5 Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gpt-chat-latest@2026-05-05 | OpenAI | August 5, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
Stable-Diffusion-3.5-Large@1 | Stability AI | July 31, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
Stable-Image-Core@1 | Stability AI | July 31, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
Stable-Image-Ultra@1 | Stability AI | July 31, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
mistral-document-ai-2505@1 | Mistral | July 20, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | mistral-document-ai-2512, mistral-ocr-4-0Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
sora-2@2025-10-06 | OpenAI | July 15, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | sora-2 (2025-12-08)Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
DeepSeek-R1-0528@1 | DeepSeek | July 13, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | DeepSeek-V4-ProProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
DeepSeek-V3-0324@1 | DeepSeek | July 13, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | DeepSeek-V4-FlashProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
DeepSeek-V3.1@1 | DeepSeek | July 13, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | DeepSeek-V4-FlashProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gpt-5-chat@2025-08-07 | OpenAI | June 29, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gpt-chat-latestProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gpt-5.1-chat@2025-11-13 | OpenAI | June 29, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gpt-chat-latestProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gpt-5.2-chat@2026-02-10 | OpenAI | June 29, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gpt-chat-latestProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gpt-5.3-chat@2026-03-03 | OpenAI | June 29, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gpt-chat-latestProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
Llama-3.2-11B-Vision-Instruct | Meta | June 13, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct | Meta | June 13, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct | Meta | June 13, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
Meta-Llama-3.1-8B | Meta | June 13, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | Meta | June 13, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
Cohere-rerank-v3.5@1 | Cohere | May 14, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | Cohere-rerank-v4.0-pro, Cohere-rerank-v4.0-fastProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gpt-5-chat@2025-10-03 | OpenAI | May 13, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gpt-chat-latestProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gpt-5.2-chat@2025-12-11 | OpenAI | May 13, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gpt-chat-latestProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
Cohere-command-r-08-2024@1 | Cohere | May 12, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
Cohere-command-r-plus-08-2024@1 | Cohere | May 12, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
grok-3-mini@1 | xAI | May 1, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | grok-4-1-fast-reasoning Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
grok-3@1 | xAI | May 1, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | grok-4 Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
grok-4-fast-non-reasoning@1 | xAI | May 1, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | grok-4-1-fast-non-reasoningProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
grok-4-fast-reasoning@1 | xAI | May 1, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | grok-4-1-fast-reasoning Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
When the same model retires on different dates
The same model can carry a different published retirement date on each route it ships on. These 6 models on this page have a documented, dated gap between routes, largest spread first. Radar does not reconcile the dates — use the one for the route you actually call.
grok4fastreasoning14-day spreadThe same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.
grok4fastnonreasoning14-day spreadThe same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.
claudeopus4710-day spread between published dates- Anthropic · Azure AI FoundryApril 6, 2027Source
- Anthropic · first partyNo sooner than April 16, 2027Source
The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.
claudesonnet467-day spread between published dates- Anthropic · Azure AI FoundryFebruary 10, 2027Source
- Anthropic · first partyNo sooner than February 17, 2027Source
The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.
claudeopus463-day spread between published dates- Anthropic · Azure AI FoundryFebruary 2, 2027Source
- Anthropic · first partyNo sooner than February 5, 2027Source
The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.
Frequently asked questions
How much notice does Azure AI Foundry give before retiring a model?
Azure AI Foundry states at least 60 days’ notice before retirement: “GA models get at least 60 days’ notice — email plus an Azure Service Health advisory — before retirement; preview models get at least 30 days. Each GA model’s retirement date (18 months out, or 12 months for Anthropic, DeepSeek, Fireworks, and Mistral AI) is set at launch and isn’t extendable, except for shortened-notice emergency security retirements.” Fireworks AI’s models on Azure AI Foundry’s Standard (pay-as-you-go) tier are a narrower exception: a stated 15-day notice period before retirement.
What does a "no sooner than" date mean?
It’s a floor, not a deadline. Some providers publish only the earliest possible shutdown date for a model, with the final date to be confirmed later. Treat it as "this won’t happen before this date," not as the date itself.
What’s the difference between "Announced" and "First observed by Radar"?
"Announced" is the date the provider itself published the notice — it only appears on a row when the provider discloses one. "First observed by Radar" is Radar’s own collection timestamp, the date its pipeline first saw the source; it is never presented as the provider’s own announcement date.
Is this Azure AI Foundry’s own retirement schedule?
No — Azure AI Foundry is a hosting platform for models from multiple providers, not a model provider itself. This page lists every retirement date Azure AI Foundry has published for a model it hosts, sourced from Azure AI Foundry’s own schedule. A hosted provider’s first-party API can publish a different date for the same model; the divergence section above lists the cases where that gap is documented and dated.