# Mistral Ministral 3 8B — deprecation status

> No — Ministral 3 8B is not deprecated as of August 3, 2026. Mistral has announced neither a deprecation nor a shutdown date for it.

The middle Ministral 3, and the id that inherited the longest tail in Mistral's catalogue: open-mistral-7b, Mistral Nemo 12B, Ministral 8B and Mistral Small Creative all name it as their replacement. Anything you wrote against a seven-or-eight-billion-parameter Mistral endpoint between 2023 and 2026 eventually resolves here.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Provider | Mistral |
| Model id | `ministral-3-8b-25-12` |
| Status | Active |
| Last verified | August 3, 2026 |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Ministral 3 8B still available?

Yes. Mistral Ministral 3 8B is active and fully supported as of August 3, 2026.

## Sources

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

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