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Azure AI Foundry grok-3 model retirement

Stopped working

Calls to the model grok-3 on Azure AI Foundry stopped working on May 1, 2026.


What to use instead of grok-3

grok-4, named first, stops working on 2027-01-31. No replacement that holds is named yet.


Facts

API
Azure AI Foundry *.services.ai.azure.com
Model
grok-3
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 shut down?

Calls to the model grok-3 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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