whybother Labs · Developers

vibe-5 is retiring

vibe-5, currently generally available, retires on this Thursday. The replacement is vibe-7, a research preview. The migration guide is one line.

From: Theo, Models
To: Builders
Date: 9 days before this Thursday
Subject: vibe-5 retires this Thursday. Migrate to vibe-7 (research preview).

Hello,

vibe-5 retires on this Thursday. It is generally available until then.

Migrate to vibe-7, which enters research preview on the same day.

vibe-7 is not generally available. It is the replacement.

The model string.

Plans. Hobby and Pro keep vibe-5 mini until a later notice. Max and Enterprise move on this Thursday. Ultra remains temporarily unavailable.

If you pin vibe-5, requests fail after this Thursday with:

model_deprecated: use vibe-7

0.1% of builders pin vibe-5. Extension requests are weighed against that figure.

Theo
Models, whybother Labs

P.S. vibe-legacy retires tomorrow, as announced yesterday.

Migration guide

Change the model string.

- model: "vibe-5"
+ model: "vibe-7"

The badge changes. The pixels do not.

Release state Research PreviewPreview Generally availableGA Deprecated Folded backFolded

Research PreviewPreview Generally availableGA Deprecated Folded backFolded

Not for production. Dedicated capacity, a 99.9% SLA and a solutions engineer start this week.
Same pixels. Invoice starts today.
Retires on this Thursday. Invoice continues.
Folded back into the assistant. Counted as shipped.

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vibe-7 · whybotherReady

vibe-5 ultra, the model, retires on this Thursday. Ultra, the plan, remains temporarily unavailable.