Retirement of Embed v2.0 and Aya Expanse / Vision 8B

Effective April 4, 2026, the following models are no longer available. Requests using these model IDs will fail.

Retired models:

  • embed-english-v2.0
  • embed-english-light-v2.0
  • embed-multilingual-v2.0
  • c4ai-aya-expanse-8b
  • c4ai-aya-vision-8b

We recommend these replacements:

Embedding tasks

  • embed-english-v3.0
  • embed-multilingual-v3.0
  • embed-v4.0

Chat tasks

  • command-r7b-12-2024
  • command-a-03-2025
  • command-a-reasoning-08-2025

For the full announcement and lifecycle context, see the Deprecations page. For questions or assistance, contact support@cohere.com.