# Mistral Ministral 8B — deprecation status

> Yes — Ministral 8B is retired. Mistral deprecated it on December 2, 2025 and shut it down on December 31, 2025; API requests to it now fail. The recommended replacement is Ministral 3 8B.

Announced on Mistral 7B's first birthday as the edge-device successor to it, with an interleaved sliding-window attention scheme for cheap long context. Its research licence made it awkward to actually deploy on the edge, which the Apache-licensed Ministral 3 line later fixed.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Provider | Mistral |
| Model id | `ministral-8b-2410` |
| Status | Retired |
| Deprecated | December 2, 2025 |
| Shutdown | December 31, 2025 (215 days ago) |
| Last verified | August 3, 2026 |

## Replacement

- **Ministral 3 8B** (`ministral-3-8b-25-12`) · recommended — https://modeldeprecations.dev/mistral/ministral-3-8b-25-12
  - Parameters it accepts: https://modelparams.dev/models/mistral/ministral-3-8b-25-12

```diff
- "model": "ministral-8b-2410"
+ "model": "ministral-3-8b-25-12"
```

## FAQ

### When did Mistral Ministral 8B shut down?

Mistral Ministral 8B shut down on December 31, 2025. API requests to it fail from that date onward.

### What replaces Mistral Ministral 8B?

Mistral recommends Ministral 3 8B (`ministral-3-8b-25-12`) as the replacement for Mistral Ministral 8B.

### Is Mistral Ministral 8B still available?

No. Mistral Ministral 8B is retired and no longer served — it was shut down on December 31, 2025. Calls to it return an error.

### How do I migrate from Mistral Ministral 8B to ministral-3-8b-25-12?

Swap the model id in your API call: replace "ministral-8b-2410" with "ministral-3-8b-25-12". 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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