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Kimi K2.5 deprecated, retires 2026-08-31 → Kimi K2.6

Moonshot AI has deprecated its Kimi K2.5 large language model, with retirement scheduled for August 31, 2026, and is directing users to the newer Kimi K2.6. The model, which supports a 256k context window and 64k max output, is identified by aliases including kimi-k2.5 and moonshotai/kimi-k2.5. The provider announcement is available on Moonshot AI's platform docs.

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Kimi K2.5 deprecated, retires 2026-08-31 → Kimi K2.6
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MN▲ Retiring soon

Moonshot AI · kimi-k2.5

Kimi K2text256k context64k max out

also matches:

kimi-k2.5

kimi-k2-5 alibaba/kimi-k2.5

microsoft/kimi-k2.5

moonshotai/kimi-k2.5

provider announcement → Does your code call Kimi K2.5?

$ 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: Claude Fable 5 (Google) New model: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp (DeepSeek) Show HN: Find every AI model your code calls and warn before it's retired
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