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deepseek-r1-0528-maas

Stopped working

Calls to the model deepseek-r1-0528-maas on Vertex AI stopped working on October 21, 2026.

What to use instead of deepseek-r1-0528-maas

Recommended by Google: Self-deploy DeepSeek-R1 on Model Garden.

Facts

API
Vertex AI aiplatform.googleapis.com
Model
deepseek-r1-0528-maas
Kind
Model retirement
Announced
July 21, 2026
Takes effect
October 21, 2026
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated

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