Azure AI Foundry
grok-3-mini model retirement
Stopped working
On May 1, 2026, Azure AI Foundry will retire model grok-3-mini. Any API requests targeting this model after this date will fail. Developers relying on this model should plan their updates before the retirement date to avoid service disruptions.
What to use instead of grok-3-mini
Migrate to grok-4-1-fast-reasoning, which is named first and stops working on May 19, 2027. No permanent replacement that holds has been named yet.
Facts
- API
- Azure AI Foundry
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grok-3-mini- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- May 1, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Azure AI Foundry's own pages
Questions
When does grok-3-mini shut down?
Calls to the model grok-3-mini on Azure AI Foundry stopped working on May 1, 2026.
What happens to calls after May 1, 2026?
They have failed since May 1, 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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