# Mistral OCR 2 — deprecation status

> Yes — Mistral OCR 2 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 OCR 4.

The second OCR release, adding better table and equation handling to the model that had made Mistral's document API worth using. It ran a year before the February 2026 wave took it. Both OCR ids that came before OCR 4 are now dead, which makes this the fastest-rotating family Mistral runs.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Provider | Mistral |
| Model id | `mistral-ocr-2505` |
| Status | Retired |
| Deprecated | February 27, 2026 |
| Shutdown | May 31, 2026 (64 days ago) |
| Last verified | August 3, 2026 |

## Replacement

- **Mistral OCR 4** (`mistral-ocr-4-0`) · recommended — https://modeldeprecations.dev/mistral/mistral-ocr-4-0
  - OCR 4 returns structural block labels and paragraph-level bounding boxes that OCR 2 did not emit, so downstream code that indexed into the response by position rather than by key needs revisiting.
  - Parameters it accepts: https://modelparams.dev/models/mistral/mistral-ocr-4-0

```diff
- "model": "mistral-ocr-2505"
+ "model": "mistral-ocr-4-0"
```

## FAQ

### When did Mistral OCR 2 shut down?

Mistral OCR 2 shut down on May 31, 2026. API requests to it fail from that date onward.

### What replaces Mistral OCR 2?

Mistral recommends Mistral OCR 4 (`mistral-ocr-4-0`) as the replacement for Mistral OCR 2. OCR 4 returns structural block labels and paragraph-level bounding boxes that OCR 2 did not emit, so downstream code that indexed into the response by position rather than by key needs revisiting.

### Is Mistral OCR 2 still available?

No. Mistral OCR 2 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 OCR 2 to mistral-ocr-4-0?

Swap the model id in your API call: replace "mistral-ocr-2505" with "mistral-ocr-4-0". OCR 4 returns structural block labels and paragraph-level bounding boxes that OCR 2 did not emit, so downstream code that indexed into the response by position rather than by key needs revisiting.

## 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-2505
JSON: https://modeldeprecations.dev/api/v1/models/mistral/mistral-ocr-2505.json