A short daily post on what changed across Azure regions
Each post compares regional listings and observations with the previous scan.
Catalog disappearance is not a confirmed retirement or an outage.
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Since the previous scan Scan-wide briefing
Azure AI models gained listings across 5 regions
2026-09-10 to 2026-09-11
63 regions with new changes or gaps
Australia Central, Australia Central 2, Australia East, Australia South East, Austria East, Belgium Central, Brazil South, Brazil South East, Canada Central, Canada East, Central India, Central US, Central US EUAP, Chile Central, Denmark East, East Asia, East US, East US 2, East US 2 EUAP, East US STG, France Central, France South, Germany North, Germany West Central, India South Central, Indonesia Central, Israel Central, Italy North, Japan East, Japan West, Jio India Central, Jio India West, Korea Central, Korea South, Malaysia West, Mexico Central, New Zealand North, North Central US, North Europe, Norway East, Norway West, Poland Central, Qatar Central, South Africa North, South Africa West, South Central US, South Central US STG, South East Asia, South India, Spain Central, Sweden Central, Switzerland North, Switzerland West, UAE Central, UAE North, UK South, UK West, West Central US, West Europe, West India, West US, West US 2, West US 3
16New listings
0New delistings
10Known restorations
0Tracked absences
0Evidence gaps
Absence tracking starts at 2026-09-05; older disappearances may not be included.
What this proves: read-only catalog/list or measurement evidence.
Not quota, capacity, successful deployment, an outage, or confirmed retirement.
Methodology
Changes relevant to you
One listing = one feature in one region
All regions and services. Groups below separate new changes from continuing observations.
VM SKUs
16VM sizes
16 feature-region records
New listings
6 feature-region records
Israel Central
Example: Standard L16as V3 VM size. Listing coverage: 54 → 55 regions.
New regional listing of an already observed feature.
Exact capability unverified
Standard L16as V3 VM size
VM catalog entry with unverified exact specifications.
This signal represents a name in the regional VM size catalog, not a running VM.
Exact CPU, memory, disk, and network specifications are not verified for this identifier.
Exact SKU specifications have not been verified. A regional SKU listing does not establish quota, capacity, price, successful deployment, or measured performance. Temporary disks are not durable application storage.
Planning compute here? Compare the listed sizes with your workload requirements.
Known restorations
10 feature-region records
India South Central
Example: Standard M128dms V2 VM size. Listing coverage: 52 → 53 regions.
Exact capability unverified
Standard M128dms V2 VM size
VM catalog entry with unverified exact specifications.
This signal represents a name in the regional VM size catalog, not a running VM.
Exact CPU, memory, disk, and network specifications are not verified for this identifier.
Exact SKU specifications have not been verified. A regional SKU listing does not establish quota, capacity, price, successful deployment, or measured performance. Temporary disks are not durable application storage.
Planning compute here? Compare the listed sizes with your workload requirements.
Azure AI models
4AI models/versions
126 feature-region records
New listings
10 feature-region records
East US 2, Poland Central, Sweden Central, UAE North, West US 3
Example: GPT-image 2 5 flare model from OpenAI (version 2026-09-08). Listing coverage: 0 → 5 regions.
First observed in retained monitoring history; not a confirmed product launch.
Category context
GPT-image 2 5 flare.2026 09 08 - OpenAI
A model identifier observed by this modality; exact capabilities are not verified.
Catalog presence identifies a provider/model/version candidate, not its tested abilities.
Context limits, input/output modalities, licensing, and tool support need exact-model review.
No exact model capability or version is verified. The source provides category context only. Regional model-catalog evidence does not establish quota, account approval, deployment type, inference access, content filtering, performance, or data residency.
Choosing a model location? Check this exact model/version against your residency and deployment requirements.
Other status changes
116 feature-region records
Australia Central, Australia Central 2, Australia East, Australia South East, Austria East, Belgium Central, Brazil South, Brazil South East, Canada Central, Canada East, Central India, Central US, Central US EUAP, Chile Central, Denmark East, East Asia, East US, East US 2 EUAP, East US STG, France Central, France South, Germany North, Germany West Central, India South Central, Indonesia Central, Israel Central, Italy North, Japan East, Japan West, Jio India Central, Jio India West, Korea Central, Korea South, Malaysia West, Mexico Central, New Zealand North, North Central US, North Europe, Norway East, Norway West, Qatar Central, South Africa North, South Africa West, South Central US, South Central US STG, South East Asia, South India, Spain Central, Switzerland North, Switzerland West, UAE Central, UK South, UK West, West Central US, West Europe, West India, West US, West US 2
Example: GPT-image 2 5 flare model from OpenAI (version 2026-09-08). Listing coverage: 0 → 5 regions.
Category context
GPT-image 2 5 flare.2026 09 08 - OpenAI
A model identifier observed by this modality; exact capabilities are not verified.
Catalog presence identifies a provider/model/version candidate, not its tested abilities.
Context limits, input/output modalities, licensing, and tool support need exact-model review.
No exact model capability or version is verified. The source provides category context only. Regional model-catalog evidence does not establish quota, account approval, deployment type, inference access, content filtering, performance, or data residency.
Choosing a model location? Check this exact model/version against your residency and deployment requirements.
No matching change or evidence-gap records. This is not a deployment-health assessment.
Observation history and comparison coverage
0 tracked listings remain absent. Zero new delistings does not mean previous absences recovered. Absence tracking starts at 2026-09-05; older disappearances may not be included.
Previous snapshot: 2026-09-10T03:48:50.483091+00:00 Current snapshot: 2026-09-11T03:47:52.404649+00:00
Snapshot timestamps do not establish freshness of every carried-forward modality. The monitor does not assess your running workloads.
Added check records: 126; removed check records: 0.
Changes to the observation set do not establish provider intent.
Exact changes and supporting evidence
Grouped by feature. Coverage counts are scan-wide; region and service filters limit the listed records.
Open to load the complete records, without rerunning probes.
267 new listings and 0 regressions
Compared with the previous daily snapshot, the monitor found 267 new availability signals in its catalog/list evidence and 0 previously listed signals no longer listed across 6 regions.
Latest scan: 205 new availability signals and 0 regressions across 4 regions. Azure AI models: newer models/versions rolling out (10 signals; 10 net-new regional availabilities). SRE impact: new regional model/version…
Latest scan: 385 new availability signals and 0 regressions across 59 regions. AKS extensions: extension types now listed (59 signals; 59 net-new regional availabilities). SRE impact: new managed cluster capabilities…
Latest scan: 128 new availability signals and 0 regressions across 2 regions. VM SKUs: VM sizes now offered (128 signals; 128 net-new regional availabilities). SRE impact: more compute shapes for right-sizing…
Latest scan: 250 new availability signals and 0 regressions across 5 regions. VM SKUs: VM sizes now offered (250 signals; 250 net-new regional availabilities). SRE impact: more compute shapes for right-sizing…
Latest scan: 31 new availability signals and 0 regressions across 31 regions. Azure AI models: newer models/versions rolling out (31 signals; 2 net-new regional availabilities, 29 restored availabilities, up to 1 prior…
Latest scan: 59 new availability signals and 0 regressions across 59 regions. AKS extensions: extension types now listed (59 signals; 59 net-new regional availabilities). SRE impact: new managed cluster capabilities…
Latest scan: 78 new availability signals and 238 regressions across 5 regions. VM SKUs: VM sizes withdrawn (238 signals; 238 recurring disappearances, up to 3 prior disappearances). SRE impact: capacity planning and SKU…
Latest scan: 114 new availability signals and 0 regressions across 3 regions. VM SKUs: VM sizes now offered (114 signals; 114 net-new regional availabilities). SRE impact: more compute shapes for right-sizing…
Latest scan: 118 new availability signals and 303 regressions across 59 regions. VM SKUs: VM sizes withdrawn (303 signals; 233 deprecation candidates, 70 recurring disappearances, up to 2 prior disappearances). SRE…
Latest scan: 65 new availability signals and 259 regressions across 59 regions. VM SKUs: VM sizes withdrawn (259 signals; 123 deprecation candidates, 136 recurring disappearances, up to 3 prior disappearances). SRE…
Latest scan: 603 new availability signals and 18 regressions across 59 regions. VM SKUs: VM sizes withdrawn (18 signals; 18 deprecation candidates). SRE impact: capacity planning and SKU fallback lists should be…
Latest scan: 1081 new availability signals and 0 regressions across 59 regions. AKS extensions: extension types now listed (60 signals; 60 net-new regional availabilities). SRE impact: new managed cluster capabilities…
Azure’s monitor shows a restored availability signal in uaenorth for a large set of VM SKUs, all transitioning from unavailable to available. The newly observed shapes include dc, ec, and a-series variants across…
Latest scan: 120 new availability signals and 0 regressions across 2 regions. VM SKUs: VM sizes now offered (120 signals; 54 net-new regional availabilities, 66 restored availabilities, up to 1 prior disappearance). SRE…
Latest scan: 0 new availability signals and 96 regressions across 2 regions. VM SKUs: VM sizes withdrawn (96 signals; 66 deprecation candidates, 30 recurring disappearances, up to 1 prior disappearance). SRE impact…
Latest scan: 164 new availability signals and 132 regressions across 59 regions. VM SKUs: VM sizes withdrawn (132 signals; 132 recurring disappearances, up to 1 prior disappearance). SRE impact: capacity planning and…
Latest scan: 625 new availability signals and 66 regressions across 58 regions. VM SKUs: VM sizes withdrawn (66 signals; 66 deprecation candidates). SRE impact: capacity planning and SKU fallback lists should be…
Latest scan: 312 new availability signals and 3 regressions across 54 regions. Model latency: models dropped from the speed board (3 signals; 3 recurring disappearances). SRE impact: benchmark coverage disappeared…
Latest scan: 131 new availability signals and 1 regression across 59 regions. VM SKUs: VM sizes withdrawn (1 signal; 1 deprecation candidate). SRE impact: capacity planning and SKU fallback lists should be rechecked…
Latest scan: 332 new availability signals and 254 regressions across 60 regions. VM SKUs: VM sizes withdrawn (254 signals; 254 recurring disappearances, up to 2 prior disappearances). SRE impact: capacity planning and…
Latest scan: 212 new availability signals and 0 regressions across 15 regions. Azure AI models: newer models/versions rolling out (38 signals; 38 net-new regional availabilities). SRE impact: new regional model/version…
Latest scan: 272 new availability signals and 283 regressions across 6 regions. VM SKUs: VM sizes withdrawn (283 signals; 275 deprecation candidates, 8 recurring disappearances, up to 2 prior disappearances). SRE…
Latest scan: 331 new availability signals and 0 regressions across 2 regions. VM SKUs: VM sizes now offered (331 signals; 323 net-new regional availabilities, 8 restored availabilities, up to 2 prior disappearances)…
Latest scan: 66 new availability signals and 0 regressions across 1 region. VM SKUs: VM sizes now offered (66 signals; 66 restored availabilities, up to 2 prior disappearances). SRE impact: more compute shapes for…
Azure AI models in qatarcentral now show aiModels.openai.gpt-5-4-mini.2026-03-17 as unavailable after 58 available days in a 67-day history. This is a deprecation candidate rather than a confirmed retirement, but it…
Eastus2 shows a broad VM SKU regression across the basic and standard families, with many sizes flipping from available to unavailable in the monitor’s read-only catalog. The affected set includes basic a0–a4 and…
Latest scan: 844 new availability signals and 0 regressions across 14 regions. AKS extensions: extension types now listed (495 signals; 473 net-new regional availabilities, 22 restored availabilities, up to 1 prior…
Today’s Azure regional probe surfaced two significant regression patterns for VM SKU availability: a full deprecation candidate event in australiasoutheast and a wave of recurring instability in canadaeast. Both affect…
Significant regional regressions were observed for Azure confidential compute VM SKUs (DCv2 series), with Australia East, UK South, UK West, West Europe, and West US all losing vmSkus.standard.dc1s.v2, dc2s.v2, dc4s.v2…
West US 2 has again dropped support for four Standard DCv2 VM SKUs: dc1s, dc2s, dc4s, and dc8. This marks the third disappearance in 57 days, with these SKUs missing for 2 days (3.5% unavailable_pct). Coverage for these…
Azure AI model availability in the jioindiacentral region (Asia) has regressed for all monitored OpenAI models. The following SKUs—ada.1, babbage.1, curie.1, davinci.1, and gpt-4o-audio-preview.2024-12-17—are now absent…
West US 2 is again showing recurring instability for the Standard DCv2 VM SKUs (dc1s, dc2s, dc4s, dc8s). These SKUs have disappeared for the second time in 55 days, with only a single day missing previously. SREs should…
Four DCv2 VM SKUs (dc1s.v2, dc2s.v2, dc4s.v2, dc8.v2) are now absent from the West US catalog after 54 days of uninterrupted availability. This marks them as likely deprecation candidates. SREs should immediately…
The day’s biggest move is in Germany North: a broad wave of VM SKU activations across the DCas/DCads v5 families, including cc and non-cc variants from dc2 to dc96. That’s a substantial capacity and SKU-class expansion…
In the Canada Central region, the following VM SKUs have been delisted: vmSkus.standard.dc1s.v2, vmSkus.standard.dc2s.v2, vmSkus.standard.dc4s.v2, and vmSkus.standard.dc8.v2. In the East US 2 region, a total of 1214 VM…
Latest scan: 887 new availability signals and 121 regressions across 49 regions. Azure AI models: models/versions delisted (likely deprecation) (1 signal) — northeurope · openai.gpt-5-mini.2025-08-07. VM SKUs: VM sizes…
In the Australia East region, multiple Azure AI models have stopped being available, including features from ai21-labs, cohere, core42, deepseek, and meta. A total of 2004 features across various modalities have been…
In the centralus region, multiple Azure AI models have stopped being available, including features from ai21-labs, cohere, core42, deepseek, and meta. Additionally, several Microsoft AI models have also become…
In the East Asia region, all Azure AI models, including features such as aiModels.openai.ada.1, aiModels.openai.babbage.1, aiModels.openai.curie.1, aiModels.openai.davinci.1, and…
In the Australia Southeast region, all VM SKUs under both basic and standard modalities have stopped being available, including features from a0 to a4 and a variety of standard features such as b16pls.v2, d128ds.v7, and…
In the Japan East region, multiple VM SKUs have stopped being available, including features such as dc16ads.cc.v5, dc32as.cc.v5, and dc64as.cc.v5. In the Australia Central region, AKS extensions for airflow and valkey…
The following VM SKUs have become unavailable in the Australia East region: nc12s.v3, nc24rs.v3, nc24s.v3, and nc6s.v3. In Brazil South, the same SKUs have also become unavailable. This pattern continues across multiple…
In the eastus2euap region, multiple VM SKUs have stopped being available, including features such as vmSkus.standard.d128ds.v7, vmSkus.standard.d16s.v7, and vmSkus.standard.d4ls.v7, among others. A total of 78 VM SKU…
The region eastus2euap has newly listed the VM SKU feature vmSkus.standard.dc2es.v6 as available. The region westus has newly listed the VM SKU features vmSkus.standard.e160ads.v7 and vmSkus.standard.e160as.v7 as…
In the centraluseuap region, multiple VM SKUs have stopped being available, including features such as vmSkus.standard.d128ds.v7, vmSkus.standard.d16s.v7, and vmSkus.standard.d48s.v7, among others. A total of 365 VM SKU…
In the Germany West Central region, multiple VM SKUs have stopped being available, including features such as vmSkus.standard.dc16ads.cc.v5, vmSkus.standard.dc32as.cc.v5, and vmSkus.standard.ec4as.cc.v5. In the East US…
The following regions have newly listed AKS extensions: australiacentral, australiacentral2, australiaeast, australiasoutheast, austriaeast, belgiumcentral, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, centralindia…