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up-to-12x cache-hit hike · en.sedaily.com · 2026-08-14 (day) · original ID: src-ci-sedaily-price-hike · Other public citations of this URL
up-to-12x cache-hit hike; peak/off-peak split; ipo context
the api changelog: v4-pro ga 2026-08-13 · api-docs.deepseek.com · 2026-09 (month) · original ID: src-hp-api-changelog · Other public citations of this URL
v4-pro ga 8/13/26; vision-exp 8/21/26; v4.1-flash 9/10/26
r2 status: unannounced, unreleased as of jul-2026 · layer3labs.io · 2026-07 (month) · original ID: src-hp-layer3-r2 · Other public citations of this URL
r2 status: unannounced, unreleased as of jul-2026; delay reporting recap
the deepseek-v4.1-flash announcement · deepseek.com · 2026-09-10 (day) · original ID: src-hp-v41-news · Other public citations of this URL
v4.1-flash, native multimodal; v4-pro phase-out

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v4-pro ga and the price hike · deepseek-timeline · 2026-08-13 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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  "confidence": "confirmed",
  "date": "2026-08-13",
  "detail": "v4-pro goes ga on app, web, and api with peak/off-peak pricing (off-peak at half price). a 'significant' api price increase lands days later — up to ~12x on cache hits. v4.1-flash follows on september 10 — natively multimodal, the smallest of the new architecture family, with v4-pro being phased out in its favor.",
  "era": "incumbent",
  "id": "evt-v4-ga",
  "sourceIds": [
    "src-hp-api-changelog",
    "src-hp-v41-news",
    "src-ci-sedaily-price-hike"
  ],
  "title": "v4-pro ga and the price hike"
}

r2 never shipped · deepseek-timeline · 2026-09 (month) · reported (original editorial confidence)

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{
  "confidence": "reported",
  "date": "2026-09",
  "detail": "as of this writing, r2 has never shipped — never even officially announced. the v-line is the flagship; whether the r-line was folded into it is unknown.",
  "era": "incumbent",
  "id": "evt-r2-never",
  "sourceIds": [
    "src-hp-layer3-r2"
  ],
  "title": "r2 never shipped"
}