# Mistral Codestral 24.05 — deprecation status

> Yes — Codestral 24.05 is retired. Mistral deprecated it on December 2, 2024 and shut it down on June 16, 2025; API requests to it now fail. The recommended replacement is Codestral 25.08.

The first Codestral, a 22B fill-in-the-middle model covering eighty programming languages, released under a licence that banned commercial use and started a long argument about what Mistral meant by open. It ran on the API for thirteen months.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Provider | Mistral |
| Model id | `codestral-2405` |
| Status | Retired |
| Deprecated | December 2, 2024 |
| Shutdown | June 16, 2025 (413 days ago) |
| Last verified | August 3, 2026 |

## Replacement

- **Codestral 25.08** (`codestral-25-08`) · recommended — https://modeldeprecations.dev/mistral/codestral-25-08
  - Parameters it accepts: https://modelparams.dev/models/mistral/codestral-25-08

```diff
- "model": "codestral-2405"
+ "model": "codestral-25-08"
```

## FAQ

### When did Mistral Codestral 24.05 shut down?

Mistral Codestral 24.05 shut down on June 16, 2025. API requests to it fail from that date onward.

### What replaces Mistral Codestral 24.05?

Mistral recommends Codestral 25.08 (`codestral-25-08`) as the replacement for Mistral Codestral 24.05.

### Is Mistral Codestral 24.05 still available?

No. Mistral Codestral 24.05 is retired and no longer served — it was shut down on June 16, 2025. Calls to it return an error.

### How do I migrate from Mistral Codestral 24.05 to codestral-25-08?

Swap the model id in your API call: replace "codestral-2405" with "codestral-25-08". Keep the rest of the request the same, then re-check the parameters the new model accepts before you ship.

## Sources

- [Mistral models overview](https://docs.mistral.ai/getting-started/models/models_overview/) — accessed 2026-08-03

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Canonical page: https://modeldeprecations.dev/mistral/codestral-2405
JSON: https://modeldeprecations.dev/api/v1/models/mistral/codestral-2405.json