Azure regional changes — 2026-08-01

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216 new341 regressions0 parked
Daily executive summary

Compared with the 2026-07-31 snapshot, the 2026-08-01 scan recorded 216 new listings, 341 regressions, and 0 parked unknown transitions.

Where it changed: VM SKUs: 98 new listings, 215 regressions; Azure AI models: 0 new listings, 126 regressions; AKS extensions: 118 new listings, 0 regressions.

Representative changes: grok 3 mini model from xAI (version 1) was no longer listed in 31 regions; grok 3 model from xAI (version 1) was no longer listed in 31 regions; grok 4 fast non reasoning model from xAI (version 1) was no longer listed in 31 regions.

What changed: 110 first recorded disappearances, 231 recurring disappearances, 200 net-new regional listings, 16 restored regional listings.

What this means: Review the 341 regressions against existing regional targets and fallbacks first; treat the 216 new listings as options to validate. These are read-only catalog/list signals, not quota, capacity, or deployment results. Zero new delistings does not establish recovery of earlier missing listings.

7-day context (2026-07-26 to 2026-08-01): across 6 recorded scans, there were 1,073 new listings and 820 regressions. New listings led on 4 scans; regressions led on 2.

Archived commentary and representative evidence

Latest scan: 216 new availability signals and 341 regressions across 59 regions.

Azure AI models: models/versions delisted (likely deprecation) (126 signals; 110 deprecation candidates, 16 recurring disappearances). SRE impact: review model deployment targets and fallback model/version choices. Coverage now ranges from 0 to 31 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 5.0% of prior observations. Examples: australiaeast · xai.grok-3-mini.1; australiaeast · xai.grok-3.1; australiaeast · xai.grok-4-fast-non-reasoning.1; australiaeast · xai.grok-4-fast-reasoning.1; and 122 more.

VM SKUs: VM sizes withdrawn (215 signals; 215 recurring disappearances, up to 3 prior disappearances). SRE impact: capacity planning and SKU fallback lists should be rechecked. Coverage now ranges from 0 to 18 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 96.2% of prior observations. Examples: eastus2 · basic.a0; eastus2 · basic.a1; eastus2 · basic.a2; eastus2 · basic.a3; and 211 more.

AKS extensions: extension types now listed (118 signals; 118 net-new regional availabilities). SRE impact: new managed cluster capabilities such as GitOps, policy, or observability. Coverage now ranges from 59 to 59 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 100.0% of prior observations. Expansion pattern: first observed anywhere in the monitored regions. Examples: australiacentral · butlergroup.caddyingresscustom; australiacentral · marketplace.globalregion.test; australiacentral2 · butlergroup.caddyingresscustom; australiacentral2 · marketplace.globalregion.test; and 114 more.

VM SKUs: VM sizes now offered (98 signals; 82 net-new regional availabilities, 16 restored availabilities, up to 1 prior disappearance). SRE impact: more compute shapes for right-sizing, performance, and cost tuning. Coverage now ranges from 10 to 21 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 100.0% of prior observations. Expansion pattern: regional expansion of an existing signal; restored regional signal. Examples: australiaeast · nc12s.v3; australiaeast · nc24rs.v3; australiaeast · nc24s.v3; australiaeast · nc6s.v3; and 94 more.

Engineering context

  • australiaeast aiModels.xai.grok-3-mini.1 available → None deprecation candidate
    unavailable 0/80 prior days (0.0%)coverage 0/64 monitored regions (0.0%, -31 regions)coverage removed from 100.0% of prior regions
    Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • australiaeast aiModels.xai.grok-3.1 available → None deprecation candidate
    unavailable 0/80 prior days (0.0%)coverage 0/64 monitored regions (0.0%, -31 regions)coverage removed from 100.0% of prior regions
    Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • australiaeast aiModels.xai.grok-4-fast-non-reasoning.1 available → None deprecation candidate
    unavailable 0/80 prior days (0.0%)coverage 0/64 monitored regions (0.0%, -31 regions)coverage removed from 100.0% of prior regions
    Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • australiaeast aiModels.xai.grok-4-fast-reasoning.1 available → None deprecation candidate
    unavailable 0/80 prior days (0.0%)coverage 0/64 monitored regions (0.0%, -31 regions)coverage removed from 100.0% of prior regions
    Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • brazilsouth aiModels.xai.grok-3-mini.1 available → None deprecation candidate
    unavailable 0/80 prior days (0.0%)coverage 0/64 monitored regions (0.0%, -31 regions)coverage removed from 100.0% of prior regions
    Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • brazilsouth aiModels.xai.grok-3.1 available → None deprecation candidate
    unavailable 0/80 prior days (0.0%)coverage 0/64 monitored regions (0.0%, -31 regions)coverage removed from 100.0% of prior regions
    Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • brazilsouth aiModels.xai.grok-4-fast-non-reasoning.1 available → None deprecation candidate
    unavailable 0/80 prior days (0.0%)coverage 0/64 monitored regions (0.0%, -31 regions)coverage removed from 100.0% of prior regions
    Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • brazilsouth aiModels.xai.grok-4-fast-reasoning.1 available → None deprecation candidate
    unavailable 0/80 prior days (0.0%)coverage 0/64 monitored regions (0.0%, -31 regions)coverage removed from 100.0% of prior regions
    Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • canadacentral aiModels.xai.grok-3-mini.1 available → None deprecation candidate
    unavailable 0/80 prior days (0.0%)coverage 0/64 monitored regions (0.0%, -31 regions)coverage removed from 100.0% of prior regions
    Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • canadacentral aiModels.xai.grok-3.1 available → None deprecation candidate
    unavailable 0/80 prior days (0.0%)coverage 0/64 monitored regions (0.0%, -31 regions)coverage removed from 100.0% of prior regions
    Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability

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