Azure AI Foundry
embed-v-4-0 model retirement
Stops working
On June 1, 2027, model embed-v-4-0 will be retired across Azure AI Foundry. Any requests targeting model embed-v-4-0 will fail after this date.
What to use instead of embed-v-4-0
Switch to Coher-embed-v5-fast or Cohere-embed-v5-pro as recommended by Microsoft.
Facts
- API
- Azure AI Foundry
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embed-v-4-0- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- June 1, 2027
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Azure AI Foundry's own pages
Questions
When does embed-v-4-0 shut down?
Calls to the model embed-v-4-0 on Azure AI Foundry stop working on June 1, 2027.
What happens to calls after June 1, 2027?
They fail from that day.
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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