# thinkingmachines/inkling-small:free

Calls to the model thinkingmachines/inkling-small:free on OpenRouter stop working on November 4, 2026.

On November 4, 2026, the model thinkingmachines/inkling-small:free will be retired. Calls to this model will fail after that date.

## The error OpenRouter returns once thinkingmachines/inkling-small:free is gone

HTTP 404

```json
{"error":{"message":"No endpoints found for thinkingmachines/inkling-small:free.","code":404}}
```

## What to use instead

OpenRouter will stop serving it, so you must move to another model it lists.

- API: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai)
- Model: thinkingmachines/inkling-small:free
- Released: July 30, 2026 (models.dev)
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: November 4, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model thinkingmachines/inkling-small:free`
- Source: [Model list](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models)
- Verified: November 3, 2026, against OpenRouter's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/openrouter/thinkingmachines/inkling-small-free/

Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix: https://github.com/apps/okapi-agent