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.

DS◑ Deprecating DeepSeek V4 Flash 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 → https://llmstatus.ai/sign-up