{"slug": "kimi-k2-5-deprecated-retires-2026-08-31-kimi-k2-6", "title": "Kimi K2.5 deprecated, retires 2026-08-31 → Kimi K2.6", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "MN▲ Retiring soon\n\n# Kimi K2.5\n\nMoonshot AI · kimi-k2.5\n\nKimi K2text256k context64k max out\n\nalso matches:\n\n`kimi-k2.5`\n\n`kimi-k2-5`\n\n`alibaba/kimi-k2.5`\n\n`microsoft/kimi-k2.5`\n\n`moonshotai/kimi-k2.5`\n\n[provider announcement →](https://platform.moonshot.ai/docs)\n\nDoes your code call Kimi K2.5?\n\n$ curl -fsSL https://llmstatus.ai/install.sh | bash\n\nThen `mm status`\n\nin 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 →](/sign-up)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kimi-k2-5-deprecated-retires-2026-08-31-kimi-k2-6", "canonical_source": "https://llmstatus.ai/m/moonshotai/moonshotai/kimi-k2-5", "published_at": "2026-08-24 18:01:33+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-24 18:14:05.612876+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["large-language-models", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Moonshot AI", "Kimi K2.5", "Kimi K2.6", "llmstatus.ai"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kimi-k2-5-deprecated-retires-2026-08-31-kimi-k2-6", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kimi-k2-5-deprecated-retires-2026-08-31-kimi-k2-6.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kimi-k2-5-deprecated-retires-2026-08-31-kimi-k2-6.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kimi-k2-5-deprecated-retires-2026-08-31-kimi-k2-6.jsonld"}}