Model and API retirements

Phi-4-mini-instruct retirement date and replacement

Microsoft Foundry · Model · retires Jan 17, 2027 (in 85 days)Unverified

Vendor page

Dates

Checked Oct 24, 2026 on Microsoft's page
RetiresJan 17, 2027 (in 85 days)
Replacementmicrosoft--phi-4 (Foundry Managed Compute)
NoticeRetirement date; Microsoft
Sourcelearn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule

Changes

AnnouncedUnverifiedOct 21Retires Jan 17, 2027. Retirement date; MicrosoftMicrosoftSource

Around the same time on Microsoft Foundry

Microsoft
ModelUnverifiedin 46 daysMinistral-3B (1)Replacement: ministral-ministral-4b-instructMicrosoft Foundry · Dec 9Details →ModelUnverifiedin 46 daysmistral-medium-2505 (1)Replacement: mistral-medium-3-5Microsoft Foundry · Dec 9Details →ModelUnverifiedin 52 daysCohere-parse-v5 (1)Microsoft Foundry · Dec 15Details →ModelUnverifiedin 73 daysFLUX-1.1-proMicrosoft Foundry · Jan 5, 2027Details →ModelUnverifiedin 73 daysFLUX.1-Kontext-proMicrosoft Foundry · Jan 5, 2027Details →ModelUnverifiedin 83 daysclaude-opus-5-5-fast (2)Microsoft Foundry · Jan 15, 2027Details →ModelUnverifiedin 85 daysPhi-4Replacement: microsoft--phi-4 (Foundry Managed Compute)Microsoft Foundry · Jan 17, 2027Details →ModelUnverifiedin 85 daysPhi-4-mini-reasoningReplacement: microsoft--phi-4 (Foundry Managed Compute)Microsoft Foundry · Jan 17, 2027Details →ModelUnverifiedin 85 daysPhi-4-multimodal-instructReplacement: microsoft--phi-4 (Foundry Managed Compute)Microsoft Foundry · Jan 17, 2027Details →ModelUnverifiedin 85 daysPhi-4-reasoningReplacement: microsoft--phi-4 (Foundry Managed Compute)Microsoft Foundry · Jan 17, 2027Details →ModelUnverifiedin 88 daysFLUX.2-flex (1)Microsoft Foundry · Jan 20, 2027Details →ModelUnverifiedin 88 daysFLUX.2-pro (1)Microsoft Foundry · Jan 20, 2027Details →