deepseek-v4-flash does not have a published shutdown date per DeepSeek's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-26). The official replacement is deepseek-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 | 2026-04-24 |
|---|---|
| Deprecated | Not published |
| Shutdown | Not published |
| Kind | none |
| Region | The 2026-09-10 changelog says this model has been retired and the old name is temporarily routed to V4.1 Flash. The pricing page says the name is still accepted, the model has been retired, and requests are served by DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 at the Flash price. No shutdown day is printed. The pages say to use deepseek-flash. |
The 2026-09-10 changelog says this model has been retired and the old name is temporarily routed to V4.1 Flash. The pricing page says the name is still accepted, the model has been retired, and requests are served by DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 at the Flash price. No shutdown day is printed. The pages say to use deepseek-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-v4-flash does not have a published shutdown date per DeepSeek's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-26). The official replacement is deepseek-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-flash.
deepseek-v4-flash status is retired.
The legacy names deepseek-v4-flash and deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp are still accepted, but the corresponding models have been retired; their requests are served by DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 and billed at the Flash price.
The previous-generation models V4 Flash and V4 Flash Vision Exp have been retired; for compatibility, the model names deepseek-v4-flash and deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp are temporarily routed to V4.1 Flash.
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