Is dots-3-note-preview:free deprecated?

Q: Is dots-3-note-preview:free deprecated?

No — still supported. Listed by openrouter. No retirement date announced. Neither the provider's API nor its documentation has been checked for this model.

NOT DEPRECATED

Listed by openrouter. No retirement date announced. Neither the provider's API nor its documentation has been checked for this model.

state=alive sunset=none days_remaining=n/a severity=low sources=openrouter evidence_tier=catalog confirmed_by_endpoint=false documented_by_provider=false replacement=none corroborated=single-source divergent_fields=none checked=2026-09-10 14:50Z

dots-studio/dots-3-note-preview:free

Vendor: dots-studio. 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
openrouter	dots-studio/dots-3-note-preview:free	512,000	460,800	$0	$0	—

Change history

Severity	Change	What	Detected
high	modified	dots-studio/dots-3-note-preview:free: max_output_tokens cut 512,000 to 460,800	2026-08-25
high	deprecated	dots-studio/dots-3-note-preview:free: retirement announced for 2026-09-30 — in 41 days	2026-08-20
high	deprecated	dots-studio/dots-3-note-preview:free: retires 2026-09-30 (in 41 days)	2026-08-20
low	added	new model dots-studio/dots-3-note-preview:free (512,000 ctx)	2026-08-15