# Mistral Pixtral Large — deprecation status

> Yes — Pixtral Large 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.

A 124B multimodal model built on Mistral Large 2.1 with a 1B vision encoder bolted on, and Mistral's answer to GPT-4o on charts and documents. It retired on the same day as the text model it was built from, and Mistral has not shipped a Pixtral since - vision is now a property of Medium 3.5 rather than a separate family.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Provider | Mistral |
| Model id | `pixtral-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
  - Parameters it accepts: https://modelparams.dev/models/mistral/mistral-medium-3-5-26-04

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

## FAQ

### When did Mistral Pixtral Large shut down?

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

### What replaces Mistral Pixtral Large?

Mistral recommends Mistral Medium 3.5 (`mistral-medium-3-5-26-04`) as the replacement for Mistral Pixtral Large.

### Is Mistral Pixtral Large still available?

No. Mistral Pixtral Large 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 Pixtral Large to mistral-medium-3-5-26-04?

Swap the model id in your API call: replace "pixtral-large-2411" with "mistral-medium-3-5-26-04". 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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