# Mistral Large 2.1 — deprecation status

> Yes — Mistral Large 2.1 is retired. Mistral deprecated it on February 27, 2026 and shut it down on May 31, 2026; API requests to it now fail. The recommended replacement is Mistral Medium 3.5.

For most of 2025 this was what mistral-large-latest resolved to, which means a lot of code that never named a version was running it. Mistral did not route it to Large 3 when it retired it - it pointed at Medium 3.5, which is the clearest statement that the Large tier stopped being the top of the range.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Provider | Mistral |
| Model id | `mistral-large-2411` |
| Status | Retired |
| Deprecated | February 27, 2026 |
| Shutdown | May 31, 2026 (64 days ago) |
| Last verified | August 3, 2026 |

## Replacement

- **Mistral Medium 3.5** (`mistral-medium-3-5-26-04`) · recommended — https://modeldeprecations.dev/mistral/mistral-medium-3-5-26-04
  - Mistral names Medium 3.5, not Large 3, as the successor. If you want to stay in the Large tier for licensing reasons, mistral-large-3-25-12 exists and is Apache 2.0, but it is not the model Mistral points you at.
  - Parameters it accepts: https://modelparams.dev/models/mistral/mistral-medium-3-5-26-04

```diff
- "model": "mistral-large-2411"
+ "model": "mistral-medium-3-5-26-04"
```

## FAQ

### When did Mistral Large 2.1 shut down?

Mistral Large 2.1 shut down on May 31, 2026. API requests to it fail from that date onward.

### What replaces Mistral Large 2.1?

Mistral recommends Mistral Medium 3.5 (`mistral-medium-3-5-26-04`) as the replacement for Mistral Large 2.1. Mistral names Medium 3.5, not Large 3, as the successor. If you want to stay in the Large tier for licensing reasons, mistral-large-3-25-12 exists and is Apache 2.0, but it is not the model Mistral points you at.

### Is Mistral Large 2.1 still available?

No. Mistral Large 2.1 is retired and no longer served — it was shut down on May 31, 2026. Calls to it return an error.

### How do I migrate from Mistral Large 2.1 to mistral-medium-3-5-26-04?

Swap the model id in your API call: replace "mistral-large-2411" with "mistral-medium-3-5-26-04". Mistral names Medium 3.5, not Large 3, as the successor. If you want to stay in the Large tier for licensing reasons, mistral-large-3-25-12 exists and is Apache 2.0, but it is not the model Mistral points you at.

## 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/mistral-large-2411
JSON: https://modeldeprecations.dev/api/v1/models/mistral/mistral-large-2411.json