Is mai-image-2.5-flash deprecated?

Q: Is mai-image-2.5-flash deprecated?

Not yet, but retirement is scheduled. Sunset scheduled for 2026-10-01, reported by a third-party catalog. The identifier still resolves today.

RETIRING IN 15 DAYS

Sunset scheduled for 2026-10-01, reported by a third-party catalog. The identifier still resolves today.

state=dying sunset=2026-10-01 days_remaining=15 severity=critical sources=litellm evidence_tier=catalog confirmed_by_endpoint=false documented_by_provider=false replacement=none corroborated=single-source divergent_fields=none checked=2026-09-16 03:02Z

azure/mai-image-2.5-flash

Vendor: azure. Tracked by 1 of 5 sources.

What each source reports

**endpoint** = the provider's own machine-readable API, the strongest evidence. **provider docs** = the provider's own documentation, read by a model — first-party content, inferred reading. Unlabelled rows are third-party catalogs. Where sources disagree both values are shown rather than silently reconciled.
Source	ID	Context	Max out	In $/Mtok	Out $/Mtok	Sunset
litellm	azure_ai/MAI-Image-2.5-Flash	—	—	$1.75	—	2026-10-01

Change history

Severity	Change	What	Detected
critical	deprecated	azure_ai/MAI-Image-2.5-Flash: deprecation announced for 2026-10-01 — in 28 days	2026-09-03
critical	deprecated	azure_ai/MAI-Image-2.5-Flash: retires 2026-10-01 (in 28 days)	2026-09-03
low	added	new model azure_ai/MAI-Image-2.5-Flash	2026-06-09