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

> Effective April 4, 2026, five models are no longer available on the Cohere API. Migrate to Embed v3/v4 and Command or Aya 32B alternatives.

## Retirement notice

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](/docs/deprecations) page. For questions or
assistance, contact [support@cohere.com](mailto:support@cohere.com).