# Seedance 2.5 US

api.venice.ai deprecated the model Seedance 2.5 US without giving a shutdown date yet.

api.venice.ai has deprecated model Seedance 2.5 US without announcing a shutdown date. Calls targeting this model will fail once retirement takes effect. This change specifically affects any requests specifying model Seedance 2.5 US.

## What to use instead

Use Flux 3 Max instead.

- API: api.venice.ai (api.venice.ai)
- Model: Seedance 2.5 US
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model Seedance 2.5 US`
- Source: [Changelog](https://venice.ai/changelog)
- Verified: November 2, 2026, against api.venice.ai's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/api-venice-ai/seedance-2.5-us/

## api.venice.ai's words

> Seedance 2.5 US→replaced by [Flux 3 Max](https://basehub.venice.ai/models/flux-3-max)

Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix: https://github.com/apps/okapi-agent