# Mistral OCR — deprecation status

> 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.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Provider | Mistral |
| Model id | `mistral-ocr-2503` |
| Status | Retired |
| Deprecated | December 2, 2025 |
| Shutdown | December 31, 2025 (215 days ago) |
| Last verified | August 3, 2026 |

## Replacement

- **Mistral OCR 4** (`mistral-ocr-4-0`) · recommended — https://modeldeprecations.dev/mistral/mistral-ocr-4-0
  - Parameters it accepts: https://modelparams.dev/models/mistral/mistral-ocr-4-0

```diff
- "model": "mistral-ocr-2503"
+ "model": "mistral-ocr-4-0"
```

## FAQ

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

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Canonical page: https://modeldeprecations.dev/mistral/mistral-ocr-2503
JSON: https://modeldeprecations.dev/api/v1/models/mistral/mistral-ocr-2503.json