deepseek-chat shut down on 2026-07-24 per DeepSeek's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-26). The official replacement is deepseek-v4-flash. Price, context window, and max output were left blank because the official pages we checked did not publish them.
retired
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| Announced | Not published |
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| Deprecated | Not published |
| Shutdown | 2026-07-24 |
| Kind | exact |
| Region | The changelog says this name is discontinued on 2026-07-24 and, until then, points to the non-thinking mode of deepseek-v4-flash. The V4 preview note says these names are fully retired and inaccessible after Jul 24th, 2026, 15:59 (UTC Time). Replacement named on that sentence: deepseek-v4-flash. |
The changelog says this name is discontinued on 2026-07-24 and, until then, points to the non-thinking mode of deepseek-v4-flash. The V4 preview note says these names are fully retired and inaccessible after Jul 24th, 2026, 15:59 (UTC Time). Replacement named on that sentence: deepseek-v4-flash.
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| Input price / 1M | Not published |
|---|---|
| Output price / 1M | Not published |
| Cached input / 1M | Not published |
| Context window | Not published |
| Max output | Not published |
| Reasoning | Not published |
| Vision | Not published |
| Tools | Not published |
deepseek-chat shut down on 2026-07-24 per DeepSeek's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-26). The official replacement is deepseek-v4-flash. Price, context window, and max output were left blank because the official pages we checked did not publish them.
The official replacement is deepseek-v4-flash.
deepseek-chat status is retired.
deepseek-chat & deepseek-reasoner will be fully retired and inaccessible after Jul 24th, 2026, 15:59 (UTC Time).
The two legacy API model names, deepseek-chat and deepseek-reasoner, will be discontinued in three months (2026-07-24). | During the current period, these two model names point to the non-thinking mode and thinking mode of deepseek-v4-flash, respectively.