DeepSeek reversed the retirement of V4 Pro, keeping it running after user demand
The launch announcement said all V4 Pro requests would be routed to V4.1 Flash from September 14. The API documentation now states that the service continues and that billing is unchanged. Retirement decisions can be reversed too.
Sources
- DeepSeek, “DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash: Smarter, Faster, More Efficient”, launch announcement in API docs, (api-docs.deepseek.com)
- DeepSeek, “Change Log”, API change log (2026-09-10 entry), (api-docs.deepseek.com)
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