# deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-1.5b

Calls to the model deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-1.5b on Together AI stopped working on August 28, 2025.

- API: Together AI (api.together.xyz)
- Model: deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-1.5b
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: August 28, 2025
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-1.5b`
- Source: [Deprecations page](https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/together-ai/deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-1.5b/

## What to use instead

Move to Qwen/Qwen3.5-2B, recommended by Together AI.