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DeepSeek swapped its Flash model overnight. I pulled the new config and did the cache math.

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On October 17, DeepSeek replaced the model behind its deepseek-flash API endpoint. Same name, same price, no changelog entry you had to go read — if your agent called deepseek-flash on Friday and again on Saturday, it talked to two different checkpoints and nobody sent you an email about it. The ne…

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  1. 2026-10-18 14:01 · DEV Community — AI
    DeepSeek swapped its Flash model overnight. I pulled the new config and did the cache math.

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