{
  "$schema": "https://modeldeprecations.dev/api/v1/schema.json",
  "provider": "moonshot",
  "model": "kimi-latest",
  "name": "Kimi Latest",
  "aliases": [],
  "description": "A floating alias that always resolved to whatever model the Kimi consumer app was running, with automatic context caching attached. Moonshot discontinued it on 28 January 2026, which is the unusual part: most providers keep a latest pointer forever precisely so they never have to retire one.",
  "shutdown_on": "2026-01-28",
  "status": "retired",
  "replacements": [
    {
      "provider": "moonshot",
      "model": "kimi-k3",
      "recommended": true,
      "note": "There is no floating id in the current range. You now have to name a specific model, which means picking up new releases is a deliberate change rather than something that happens to you overnight.",
      "external": false
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/models",
      "title": "Kimi model list",
      "accessed": "2026-08-03"
    }
  ],
  "last_verified": "2026-08-03",
  "computed_status": "retired",
  "asOf": "2026-08-03"
}