# DeepSeek Coder — deprecation status

> Yes — DeepSeek deprecated DeepSeek Coder on September 5, 2024 but has not published a shutdown date. It still answers requests today. The recommended replacement is DeepSeek V4 Flash.

DeepSeek's code-specialised endpoint, last upgraded on its own in July 2024 with DeepSeek-Coder-V2-0724. On 5 September 2024 DeepSeek merged the coder and chat lines into V2.5 and kept this id alive purely so existing integrations would not break. It has named nothing of its own since. DeepSeek has never published a shutdown date for it, and it was not named in the July 2026 retirement notice that took down deepseek-chat and deepseek-reasoner.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Provider | DeepSeek |
| Model id | `deepseek-coder` |
| Status | Deprecated |
| Deprecated | September 5, 2024 |
| Last verified | August 3, 2026 |

## Replacement

- **DeepSeek V4 Flash** (`deepseek-v4-flash`) · recommended — https://modeldeprecations.dev/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash
  - DeepSeek's instruction in 2024 was to call deepseek-chat instead, but that id was itself retired in July 2026, so the live end of the path is deepseek-v4-flash. Send `"thinking": {"type": "disabled"}` to keep the non-reasoning behaviour deepseek-coder had.
  - Parameters it accepts: https://modelparams.dev/models/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash

```diff
- "model": "deepseek-coder"
+ "model": "deepseek-v4-flash"
```

## FAQ

### When will DeepSeek Coder shut down?

DeepSeek has deprecated DeepSeek Coder but has not published a shutdown date. Treat it as at risk and plan a migration.

### What replaces DeepSeek Coder?

DeepSeek recommends DeepSeek V4 Flash (`deepseek-v4-flash`) as the replacement for DeepSeek Coder. DeepSeek's instruction in 2024 was to call deepseek-chat instead, but that id was itself retired in July 2026, so the live end of the path is deepseek-v4-flash. Send `"thinking": {"type": "disabled"}` to keep the non-reasoning behaviour deepseek-coder had.

### Is DeepSeek Coder still available?

Yes, for now. DeepSeek Coder is deprecated but still answers requests. Deprecated models get no further updates and are the first to lose capacity.

### How do I migrate from DeepSeek Coder to deepseek-v4-flash?

Swap the model id in your API call: replace "deepseek-coder" with "deepseek-v4-flash". DeepSeek's instruction in 2024 was to call deepseek-chat instead, but that id was itself retired in July 2026, so the live end of the path is deepseek-v4-flash. Send `"thinking": {"type": "disabled"}` to keep the non-reasoning behaviour deepseek-coder had.

## Sources

- [DeepSeek API change log](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/updates/) — accessed 2026-08-03
- [DeepSeek models and pricing](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing) — accessed 2026-08-03

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Canonical page: https://modeldeprecations.dev/deepseek/deepseek-coder
JSON: https://modeldeprecations.dev/api/v1/models/deepseek/deepseek-coder.json