mistral-small-2501
Mistral Small 3.0 (Mistral)
Yes — Mistral Small 3.0 is retired. Mistral deprecated it on November 6, 2025 and shut it down on November 30, 2025; API requests to it now fail. The recommended replacement is Mistral Small 4.
The 24B rewrite that reset the Small line in January 2025, dropping the layer count for latency and landing at roughly Llama 3.3 70B quality at a third of the size. It was the model that made "small" mean 24B rather than 22B at Mistral, and it lasted ten months.
The facts
| Provider | Mistral |
|---|---|
| Model id | mistral-small-2501 |
| Released | — |
| Deprecated | November 6, 2025 |
| Shutdown | November 30, 2025 · 246 days ago |
| Status | Retired |
| Last verified | August 3, 2026 |
What to use instead
What parameters mistral-small-4-0-26-03 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-small-2501"
+ "model": "mistral-small-4-0-26-03"
Frequently asked questions
- When did Mistral Small 3.0 shut down?
- Mistral Small 3.0 shut down on November 30, 2025. API requests to it fail from that date onward.
- What replaces Mistral Small 3.0?
- Mistral recommends Mistral Small 4 (`mistral-small-4-0-26-03`) as the replacement for Mistral Small 3.0.
- Is Mistral Small 3.0 still available?
- No. Mistral Small 3.0 is retired and no longer served — it was shut down on November 30, 2025. Calls to it return an error.
- How do I migrate from Mistral Small 3.0 to mistral-small-4-0-26-03?
- Swap the model id in your API call: replace "mistral-small-2501" with "mistral-small-4-0-26-03". 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
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