mistral-ocr-2503
Mistral OCR (Mistral)
Yes — Mistral OCR 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 Mistral OCR 4.
The original Mistral OCR, launched in March 2025 and marketed as the best document-understanding API on the market at a thousand pages per dollar. It was gone by the end of that year. Its deprecation notice gave twenty-nine days, the shortest runway of any Mistral model with both dates published.
The facts
| Provider | Mistral |
|---|---|
| Model id | mistral-ocr-2503 |
| Released | — |
| Deprecated | December 2, 2025 |
| Shutdown | December 31, 2025 · 215 days ago |
| Status | Retired |
| Last verified | August 3, 2026 |
What to use instead
What parameters mistral-ocr-4-0 accepts on modelparams.dev
Change the id
In most cases the migration is one string. Check the parameter differences before you ship — newer models drop older sampling knobs more often than they add them.
- "model": "mistral-ocr-2503"
+ "model": "mistral-ocr-4-0"
Frequently asked questions
- When did Mistral OCR shut down?
- Mistral OCR shut down on December 31, 2025. API requests to it fail from that date onward.
- What replaces Mistral OCR?
- Mistral recommends Mistral OCR 4 (`mistral-ocr-4-0`) as the replacement for Mistral OCR.
- Is Mistral OCR still available?
- No. Mistral OCR 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 OCR to mistral-ocr-4-0?
- Swap the model id in your API call: replace "mistral-ocr-2503" with "mistral-ocr-4-0". Keep the rest of the request the same, then re-check the parameters the new model accepts before you ship.
Sources
- Mistral models overview · docs.mistral.ai · accessed August 3, 2026
Found something wrong? The data is one YAML file — edit it on GitHub.
This page, for machines
Drop the badge in a README so it turns red the day this model is retired:
[](https://modeldeprecations.dev/mistral/mistral-ocr-2503)