# deepseek-chat

Calls to the model deepseek-chat on DeepSeek stopped working on July 24, 2026.

- API: DeepSeek (api.deepseek.com)
- Model: deepseek-chat
- Kind: Model retirement
- Announced: April 24, 2026
- Takes effect: July 24, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model deepseek-chat`
- Source: [Announcement](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/updates/#date-2026-04-24)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/deepseek/deepseek-chat/

## What to use instead

deepseek-v4-flash, named first, is answered by a newer model already. deepseek-chat, named first, stopped working on 2026-07-24. No replacement that holds is named yet.