🔍 Web Search API
Launch web searches through/v1/tools/search and /v1/tools/search_pro and get structured results — ideal for Agent applications that orchestrate their own search logic. Organization- and project-level QPS limits are supported. See Web Search Basic, Web Search Pro, Web Search Best Practices, and Web Search Pricing.💰 Billing method change
Account usage is now deducted at a uniform ratio of 50% cash and 50% vouchers. When either balance is depleted, all subsequent usage is deducted from the remaining balance type. Users with signed contracts follow their contract terms and continue to prioritize voucher usage — they are not affected.- The
kimi-k2.5and allmoonshot-v1series models (including-vision-previewandmoonshot-v1-auto) were retired across all platforms. Calls to these models now return a 404 “model not found” error. Please migrate to Kimi K3. - Files API updates: newly generated file IDs now carry the
file_prefix; improved parsing of complex content such as tables and formulas; images are no longer OCR’d for text extraction (for image understanding, upload images withpurpose=image; see Use Vision Models); files uploaded with the same name as an existing file are automatically renamed by the server.
🚀 Kimi K3 available on the Open Platform API
Kimi K3 — our flagship model for long-horizon coding and end-to-end knowledge work — is now available through the Open Platform API, with a 1M token context and leading overall intelligence. See the Kimi K3 Quickstart. At the same time,kimi-k2.5 and the moonshot-v1 series are no longer offered to newly registered users; the Global edition added email verification-code sign-up/login and email & Google account binding management. The account overview now shows current-day spending, and the platform Terms of Service have been updated.- Added organization-level API IP allowlists for finer enterprise security control.
- Released Kimi K2.7 Code through the Open Platform API, followed by a HighSpeed variant — see the Kimi K2.7 Code Quickstart; custom top-up amounts are now supported.
- The
kimi-k2series (includingkimi-k2-0905-preview,kimi-k2-0711-preview,kimi-k2-turbo-preview,kimi-k2-thinking, andkimi-k2-thinking-turbo) was retired and is no longer maintained or supported. Please migrate to Kimi K3. - Added automatic balance top-up and top-up amount configuration.
- The Batch API is now open to all users for lower-cost large-scale asynchronous inference — see Use the Batch API.
- Released Kimi K2.6 through the Open Platform API — see the Kimi K2.6 Quickstart.
- Released Kimi K2.5 through the Open Platform API; discontinued
kimi-latest.
- Added organization verification, member invitations, and multi-account organization support to the Global Open Platform.
- Released Kimi K2 Thinking and its Turbo variant, increased default TPM limits across tiers, and reduced Kimi Turbo prices; discontinued
kimi-thinking-preview.
- Updated Kimi CLI and K2 quickstart documentation, ended the Kimi Turbo half-price promotion, refreshed K2VV and sales information, and retired manual Context Cache list views.
- Launched the
kimi-k2-0905-previewmodel.
- Released the Kimi K2 high-speed model
kimi-k2-turbo-previewand launched the Global Open Platform developer forum.
- Released the Kimi K2 model
kimi-k2-0711-preview; launched Kimi Playground with streaming output and third-party and ModelScope MCP server configuration; added API access to Formula Tools and improved Global top-up and voucher terms.
- Released the Kimi Thinking model
kimi-thinking-preview; launched the Global edition of Kimi Open Platform.
- Reduced model product pricing; added support for inviting and managing organization members; fixed an issue where the cursor could not move in the name field when creating a project.
- Launched the
kimi-latestmodel; added support for exporting organization monthly bills; fixed project rate limit display issues; added support for project daily and monthly spending alerts.
- Launched the
moonshot-v1-vision-previewmodel; added support for organization project management; added support for overseas phone number registration and login.
- Optimized the resource management list copy interaction to use hover and click; optimized resource list sorting by upload time, from newest to oldest; added support for multiple accounts under one verified business entity; fixed an invoice cancellation failure issue.
- Context Caching is now available to all users, and cache renewal no longer charges the creation fee; added terms and agreements content to the documentation center; fixed frontend flickering after successful payment, invoice cancellation failures, and issues with editing and deleting API Keys.
- Added frontend support for file resource management; split phone number rebinding into two frontend verification steps; added verification-code purpose descriptions to SMS messages; fixed an issue where the invoiceable amount was displayed incorrectly and an invoice issuance failure caused by spaces in the tax identification number; added bank transfer processing time display for business verification; added documentation for automatic disconnection and reconnection handling; launched web search.
- Launched
moonshot-v1-auto; added support for custom account balance alerts; added support for phone number rebinding; added support for account password login; reduced Cache storage costs; published the MoonPalace user guide; released the Kimi Enterprise API; added tier level display to basic user information.
- Launched the Context Caching public beta and gradually expanded it, adding practice blogs and the developer community; released MoonPalace, the Kimi API debugging tool, along with user spending analysis and organization verification capabilities.
- Optimized the API Key count limit; published the first Context Caching practice blog for Kimi API Assistant; published the “Affordable Long-Text Processing” blog; added support for voucher validity periods.
- Launched the Blog space; added Dark Mode support for Open Platform; launched invoice management.
- Launched Tool Calling; launched identity verification; added support for the balance monitoring API.