{"slug": "deepseek-v4-flash-deprecated", "title": "DeepSeek V4 Flash deprecated", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "DS◑ Deprecating\n\n# DeepSeek V4 Flash\n\nDeepSeek · deepseek-v4-flash\n\nReleased2026-04-24\n\nRetiresno announced date\n\ndeepseek-flashtext1000k context384k max out\n\nalso matches: \n\n`deepseek-v4-flash`` deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash``alibaba/deepseek-v4-flash`` microsoft/deepseek-v4-flash`\n[provider announcement →](https://models.dev/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash)\n\nDoes your code call DeepSeek V4 Flash?\n\n$ curl -fsSL https://llmstatus.ai/install.sh | bash\n\nThen `mm status` in any repo — it finds every model you use and flags the ones on a clock. No account, nothing uploaded.\n\n[Get alerted before it retires →](https://llmstatus.ai/sign-up)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepseek-v4-flash-deprecated", "canonical_source": "https://llmstatus.ai/m/deepseek/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash", "published_at": "2026-09-23 00:00:31+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-23 00:52:59.846723+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["large-language-models", "ai-products", "ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["DeepSeek", "DeepSeek V4 Flash", "models.dev", "llmstatus.ai", "Alibaba", "Microsoft"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepseek-v4-flash-deprecated", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepseek-v4-flash-deprecated.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepseek-v4-flash-deprecated.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepseek-v4-flash-deprecated.jsonld"}}