# kimi-k2-0711-preview

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Public catalog reference from Headless Thrones. Exact catalog ID: `moonshot-ai-kimi-k2-0711-preview`. Catalog source-check date: 2026-10-23.

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Current catalog answers

## What to know about kimi-k2-0711-preview

AI-compiled from linked model documentation. This is a catalog reference, not an independent performance review. Catalog checked October 23, 2026.

[Retirement & migration](https://headlessthrones.com/models/moonshot-ai-kimi-k2-0711-preview#model-answer-research) · [Exact model](https://headlessthrones.com/models/moonshot-ai-kimi-k2-0711-preview#model-answer-identity) · [Access](https://headlessthrones.com/models/moonshot-ai-kimi-k2-0711-preview#model-answer-access)

### What happened to kimi-k2-0711-preview, and what replaces it?

These details come from the linked publisher material for this model. Reported capabilities and training descriptions are publisher statements, not independent test results.

**Platform retirement**: Kimi records this model as withdrawn from its platform on 2026-05-25, with maintenance and support ended. [Source](https://platform.kimi.com/docs/models)

**Recommended migration**: The current retirement notice directs developers to kimi-k3.1-pro. Its current capabilities and prices should be checked separately from this older identity. [Source](https://platform.kimi.com/docs/models)

### Which kimi-k2-0711-preview does this page describe?

kimi-k2-0711-preview is a model record from **Moonshot AI** in the Kimi family. [Source](https://platform.kimi.com/docs/models)

The recorded model identifier or checkpoint is `kimi-k2-0711-preview`. Use that exact identifier when checking documentation or a provider listing. [Source](https://platform.kimi.com/docs/models)

### How can you access kimi-k2-0711-preview?

The catalog records the historical **API** access route for kimi-k2-0711-preview. [Source](https://platform.kimi.com/docs/models)

As of the catalog check, this version was marked retired. [Source](https://platform.kimi.com/docs/models) Check the linked lifecycle information before starting a new integration.

For a new integration, use the publisher’s replacement guidance and check its current account, region and endpoint requirements. Historical API access does not mean the retired endpoint can still be called.

**Catalog qualifications:** Explicitly listed as discontinued in the official hosted API inventory; this does not imply separately downloadable weights are withdrawn. [Source](https://platform.kimi.com/docs/models)

**Evidence still missing here:** complete input/output pricing, context or input capacity, and knowledge and training-data cutoffs. Missing documentation is not evidence that a feature is unavailable.

Headless Thrones has not independently benchmarked this model for this reference. Evaluate it on representative work before choosing it; these facts do not rank its accuracy, reliability, speed or suitability against another model.

Keep the exact version in view

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