Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform shuts down Grok 4.1 Fast on August 20, 2026. API requests then return 400 — no fallback, no grace period. If your routing layer points to xai/grok-4.1-fast on GEAP, here is the migration decision matrix.
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio retires qwen-turbo, qwq-plus, qvq-max, qwen-vl-max, qwen-coder-turbo, qwen-tts, and the full paraformer ASR stack on October 10. QPM throttling has already started — here is the routing audit checklist.
Alibaba Bailian retires DeepSeek V3/R1, Kimi K2, MiniMax M2.1, and GLM 4.6/4.7 proxies on October 10, 2026 — plus qwen-coder-plus and dozens of Qwen3 variants. QPM throttling has already begun; audit your DashScope model IDs now.
Gemini 3.5 Flash now ships computer use as a built-in tool alongside Search and Maps grounding — no separate model required. That consolidation changes how operators route browser and desktop automation workloads.
Google's Interactions API has reached general availability and replaced the old Generate/Chat APIs as the primary Gemini surface. The new Flex tier cuts inference cost by 50% for batch and background workloads — and that pricing split is now a routing policy decision.
