[Release Note] Deprecation of Early Mistral Models

Release notes

features:

secondary:

-name: "Early Mistral models deprecated for GitLab Duo Self-Hosted"

available_in: [premium, ultimate] 

gitlab_com: false   

add_ons: ["Duo Enterprise"]   

documentation: ’tps://docs.gitlab.com/administration/gitlab_duo_self_hosted/’         

image_url: ’’   

reporter: susie.bee   

stage: ai-powered   

categories:

-Self-Hosted Models

issue_url: ’ #517649’   

description: As of release 18.5, GitLab will be deprecating support for early Mistral models for use with GitLab Duo Self-Hosted. Mistral 7B-it, Mixtral 8x7B, and Mixtral 8x22B will no longer be classified as supported models. GitLab Enterprise customers may continue to use these models with GitLab Duo Self-Hosted, but will no longer receive technical support for configurations with these models. GitLab Duo Self-Hosted will continue to support Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2506, which has been validated as fully compatible with all generally available Gitlab Duo Self-Hosted features.

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