DeepSeek · Model retirement
deepseek-chat
Stopped working
Calls to the model deepseek-chat on DeepSeek stopped working on July 24, 2026.
What to use instead of deepseek-chat
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.
Facts
- API
- DeepSeek
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deepseek-chat- Kind
- Model retirement
- Announced
- April 24, 2026
- Takes effect
- July 24, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Announcement
- Last updated
deepseek-chat on other APIs
- ZenMux Deprecated, no date
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