Is Mistral Magistral dead?

Yes. Mistral Magistral was shut down on July 31, 2026, 1 year, 1 month after its launch on June 10, 2025. The cause of death was category collapse; it was killed by Mistral. Classification: model deprecation. Details and the source are above.

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Mistral Magistral

Model deprecation · Category Collapse · shut down July 31, 2026

Born: June 10, 2025
Died: July 31, 2026
Lifespan: 1y 1m
Cause of death: Category Collapse
Killed by: Mistral
Type: Model

Mistral's first reasoning models, shipped June 2025 as a separate product line. On July 31, 2026 the last two snapshots were retired, and the entire category went with them. Reasoning at Mistral is now just a request parameter, reasoning_effort, on general-purpose models. The official migration path runs from magistral-small-latest to mistral-small-latest, a one-letter difference, at roughly 70% less on input.

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