Question 1

How is this different from a manually curated deprecation list?

Accepted Answer

Nothing here is hand-typed. VendorSpies’ model-catalog sweep re-checks OpenAI’s, Anthropic’s, Google’s, Mistral’s, and OpenRouter’s published model lists on a regular schedule and diffs each model’s lifecycle status automatically. A status change is only recorded once it holds across two consecutive sweeps, which filters out a vendor’s own transient glitches before it reaches this page.

Question 2

What counts as a "deprecation" here?

Accepted Answer

Three distinct lifecycle events, each labeled separately in the table below: Deprecated (the vendor has flagged the model for retirement but it may still be callable), Removed (the model is no longer available), and Restored (a vendor reversed a deprecation or removal). Model launches, renames, and price or spec changes are tracked too, but live on the full changelog rather than this page.

Question 3

Which vendors does this cover?

Accepted Answer

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, and OpenRouter today — the vendors VendorSpies runs a structured model-catalog sweep against, as opposed to the 30+ vendors covered by the separate pricing and rate-limit monitor. Coverage expands as more vendors publish a stable, machine-readable model catalog.

Question 4

My model was just deprecated — what should I do first?

Accepted Answer

Check the vendor’s own migration guidance before changing anything — a deprecated model usually still works for a defined window, and vendors typically publish a recommended replacement. From there, VendorSpies’ vendor pricing pages show whether that replacement costs more or less per token, so you can judge the migration’s cost impact before you commit to it.

Question 5

How do I get alerted the moment a model I use is deprecated?

Accepted Answer

Create a free account and add a watch on the vendor — VendorSpies emails you the moment a launch, rename, deprecation, or removal is detected on a watched vendor’s model catalog, rather than requiring you to keep checking this page.

Vendor	Kind	Tier	Before	After	Detected	Share
OpenRouter	Restored	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5	DEPRECATED	ACTIVE	Oct 21, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Restored	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro	DEPRECATED	ACTIVE	Oct 21, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Restored	Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B	DEPRECATED	ACTIVE	Oct 21, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenAI	Removed	gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct	ACTIVE	REMOVED	Oct 20, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenAI	Removed	gpt-3.5-turbo-1106	ACTIVE	REMOVED	Oct 20, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Restored	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro	DEPRECATED	ACTIVE	Oct 20, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Restored	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash	DEPRECATED	ACTIVE	Oct 20, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Restored	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	DEPRECATED	ACTIVE	Oct 20, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro (batch)	DEPRECATED	REMOVED	Oct 20, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch)	DEPRECATED	REMOVED	Oct 20, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Deprecated	Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct	ACTIVE	DEPRECATED	Oct 19, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Deprecated	Nous: Hermes 3 405B Instruct	ACTIVE	DEPRECATED	Oct 19, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	DeepSeek: R1	ACTIVE	REMOVED	Oct 19, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	WizardLM-2 8x22B	ACTIVE	REMOVED	Oct 19, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	Sao10K: Llama 3.3 Euryale 70B	ACTIVE	REMOVED	Oct 19, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Restored	Z.ai: GLM 4.7	DEPRECATED	ACTIVE	Oct 17, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	Pareto 26.10 Preview	DEPRECATED	REMOVED	Oct 15, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4	DEPRECATED	REMOVED	Oct 15, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Deprecated	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4	ACTIVE	DEPRECATED	Oct 14, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	Pareto	ACTIVE	REMOVED	Oct 14, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Deprecated	Pareto 26.10 Preview	ACTIVE	DEPRECATED	Oct 13, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	Apodex: Apodex 1.1 Mini (free)	ACTIVE	REMOVED	Oct 13, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Sante	ACTIVE	REMOVED	Oct 13, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin	ACTIVE	REMOVED	Oct 13, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Deprecated	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5	ACTIVE	DEPRECATED	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Deprecated	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro	ACTIVE	DEPRECATED	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →
Google	Removed	Gemini 3.5 Flash	ACTIVE	REMOVED	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →
Google	Removed	Gemini 3.7 Flash	ACTIVE	REMOVED	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenAI	Removed	gpt-rosalind-research	ACTIVE	REMOVED	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Restored	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507	DEPRECATED	ACTIVE	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Restored	Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking	DEPRECATED	ACTIVE	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Restored	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct	DEPRECATED	ACTIVE	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Restored	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking	DEPRECATED	ACTIVE	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Plus	DEPRECATED	REMOVED	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct	DEPRECATED	REMOVED	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B	DEPRECATED	REMOVED	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	Qwen: Qwen3 Max	DEPRECATED	REMOVED	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking	DEPRECATED	REMOVED	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking	DEPRECATED	REMOVED	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking	DEPRECATED	REMOVED	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728	DEPRECATED	REMOVED	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	Qwen: Qwen3 8B	DEPRECATED	REMOVED	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507	DEPRECATED	REMOVED	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →
OpenRouter	Removed	Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview	DEPRECATED	REMOVED	Oct 9, 2026	Full evidence →

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