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Azure AI Foundry cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026 model retirement

Stopped working

On October 16, 2026, Azure AI Foundry will retire model cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026. Calls using this model will fail after that date.


What to use instead of cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026

Move to coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-fp8 1, coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-bf16 1, or coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-w4a4 1, as recommended by Microsoft.


Facts

API
Azure AI Foundry *.services.ai.azure.com
Model
cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
October 16, 2026
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against Azure AI Foundry's own pages

Questions

When does cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026 shut down?

Calls to the model cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026 on Azure AI Foundry stopped working on October 16, 2026.

What happens to calls after October 16, 2026?

They have failed since October 16, 2026.

How do I find the calls this hits in my code?

Okapi reads your repository, finds the calls this change hits and opens a pull request with the fix. It never commits to your branches: every change comes as a pull request you review.


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