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DeepSeek V4 Flash deprecated

DeepSeek has deprecated DeepSeek V4 Flash, the deepseek-v4-flash model released on 2026-04-24 with a 1000k context window and 384k maximum output, according to a provider announcement tracked by models.dev. No retirement date has been announced for the model, which is also referenced under the identifiers deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash, alibaba/deepseek-v4-flash and microsoft/deepseek-v4-flash. The listing directs developers whose code calls DeepSeek V4 Flash to a status tool that flags models on a deprecation clock.

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DeepSeek V4 Flash deprecated
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DS◑ Deprecating

DeepSeek · deepseek-v4-flash

Released2026-04-24

Retiresno announced date

deepseek-flashtext1000k context384k max out

also matches:

`deepseek-v4-flash`` deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash``alibaba/deepseek-v4-flash`` microsoft/deepseek-v4-flash`
[provider announcement →](https://models.dev/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash)

Does your code call DeepSeek V4 Flash?

$ curl -fsSL https://llmstatus.ai/install.sh | bash

Then mm status in any repo — it finds every model you use and flags the ones on a clock. No account, nothing uploaded.

Get alerted before it retires →

source & further reading
llmstatus.ai — original article New model: GPT-6 Sol (OpenAI) Claude Sonnet 4 (APAC) deprecated New model: GPT-6 Astra (US) (Amazon)
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