ModelClockThinking Machines model deprecation schedule
Thinking Machines has 3 models with a published shutdown or removal date; the next is DeepSeek-V3.1 on Oct 23, 2026. In the last 12 months 20 models were retired or shut down, most recently Kimi-K2.5 on Jul 12, 2026.
Upcoming shutdowns 3
| Date | Model | Status | Replacement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
DeepSeek-V3.1 | Shuts downToday | DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 | Notice ↗ | |
Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B | Shuts downToday | Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B | Notice ↗ | |
Qwen3.6-27B | Shuts downTodayDeadline moved from Sep 2, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | Qwen3.8-27B | Notice ↗ |
Retired or shut down in the last 12 months 20
| Date | Model | Status | Replacement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kimi-K2.5 | Shut down | Kimi-K2.6 | Notice ↗ | |
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Shut down | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Notice ↗ | |
Qwen3.5-27B | Shut down | Qwen3.8-27B | Notice ↗ | |
Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct | Shut down | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B (includes vision) | Notice ↗ | |
Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct | Shut down | Qwen3.5-397B-A17B (includes vision) | Notice ↗ | |
Qwen3-8B-Base | Shut down | Qwen3.5-9B-Base | Notice ↗ | |
Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 | Shut down | Qwen3.5-4B (non-thinking mode) | Notice ↗ | |
Qwen3-32B | Shut down | Qwen3.8-27B | Notice ↗ | |
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 | Shut down | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B (non-thinking mode) | Notice ↗ | |
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Base | Shut down | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-Base | Notice ↗ | |
Qwen3-30B-A3B | Shut down | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Notice ↗ | |
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 | Shut down | Qwen3.5-397B-A17B (non-thinking mode) | Notice ↗ | |
Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | Shut down | Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B, Qwen3.8-27B, or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B (non-thinking mode) | Notice ↗ | |
Llama-3.2-3B | Shut down | Qwen3.5-9B-Base | Notice ↗ | |
Llama-3.2-1B | Shut down | Qwen3.5-9B-Base | Notice ↗ | |
Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | Shut down | Qwen3.5-9B (non-thinking mode) | Notice ↗ | |
Llama-3.1-8B | Shut down | Qwen3.5-9B-Base | Notice ↗ | |
Llama-3.1-70B | Shut down | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-Base | Notice ↗ | |
Kimi-K2-Thinking | Shut down | Kimi-K2.6 | Notice ↗ | |
DeepSeek-V3.1-Base | Shut down | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-Base | Notice ↗ |
Official Thinking Machines sources
Each provider and hosting route sets its own dates. A model offered on several platforms can stop on different days; ModelClock reads each notice from the provider's own documentation.