Azure regional changes — 2026-08-22

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106 new9 regressions0 parked
Daily executive summary

Compared with the 2026-08-21 snapshot, the 2026-08-22 scan recorded 106 new listings, 9 regressions, and 0 parked unknown transitions.

Where it changed: AKS extensions: 59 new listings, 0 regressions; VM SKUs: 46 new listings, 0 regressions; Azure AI models: 1 new listing, 9 regressions.

Representative changes: GPT-4 1 mini model from OpenAI (version 2025-04-14) was no longer listed in jioindiacentral; GPT-4 1 nano model from OpenAI (version 2025-04-14) was no longer listed in jioindiacentral; GPT-4 1 model from OpenAI (version 2025-04-14) was no longer listed in jioindiacentral.

What changed: 9 recurring disappearances, 105 net-new regional listings, 1 restored regional listing.

What this means: Review the 9 regressions against existing regional targets and fallbacks first; treat the 106 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 (2026-08-16 to 2026-08-22): across 7 recorded scans, there were 1,118 new listings and 265 regressions. New listings led on 6 scans; regressions led on 1.

Archived commentary and representative evidence

Latest scan: 106 new availability signals and 9 regressions across 59 regions.

Azure AI models: models/versions delisted (likely deprecation) (9 signals; 9 recurring disappearances). SRE impact: review model deployment targets and fallback model/version choices. Coverage now ranges from 33 to 33 of 64 monitored regions. Examples: jioindiacentral · openai.gpt-4-1-mini.2025-04-14; jioindiacentral · openai.gpt-4-1-nano.2025-04-14; jioindiacentral · openai.gpt-4-1.2025-04-14; jioindiacentral · openai.gpt-4o-mini.2024-07-18; and 5 more.

AKS extensions: extension types now listed (59 signals; 59 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 · softwaretailor.aisuiteaiserver; australiacentral2 · softwaretailor.aisuiteaiserver; australiaeast · softwaretailor.aisuiteaiserver; australiasoutheast · softwaretailor.aisuiteaiserver; and 55 more.

Azure AI models: newer models/versions rolling out (1 signal; 1 restored availability, up to 1 prior disappearance). SRE impact: new regional model/version options for latency, residency, and model selection. Coverage now ranges from 27 to 27 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 64.4% of prior observations. Expansion pattern: restored regional signal. Examples: centralus · alibaba.qwen3-32b.1.

VM SKUs: VM sizes now offered (46 signals; 46 net-new regional availabilities). SRE impact: more compute shapes for right-sizing, performance, and cost tuning. Coverage now ranges from 7 to 9 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 100.0% of prior observations. Expansion pattern: first observed in Asia; regional expansion of an existing signal. Examples: eastus · d248ds.v7; eastus · d248lds.v7; eastus · d248ls.v7; eastus · d248s.v7; and 42 more.

Engineering context

  • jioindiacentral aiModels.openai.gpt-4-1-mini.2025-04-14 available → unavailable recurring disappearance
    unavailable 0/101 prior days (0.0%)coverage 33/64 monitored regions (51.6%, -1 region)coverage removed from 2.9% of prior regionsAsia: 7 current, 8 prior
    Still available in australiaeast, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, centralindia, centralus, and 27 more. Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • jioindiacentral aiModels.openai.gpt-4-1-nano.2025-04-14 available → unavailable recurring disappearance
    unavailable 0/101 prior days (0.0%)coverage 33/64 monitored regions (51.6%, -1 region)coverage removed from 2.9% of prior regionsAsia: 7 current, 8 prior
    Still available in australiaeast, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, centralindia, centralus, and 27 more. Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • jioindiacentral aiModels.openai.gpt-4-1.2025-04-14 available → unavailable recurring disappearance
    unavailable 0/101 prior days (0.0%)coverage 33/64 monitored regions (51.6%, -1 region)coverage removed from 2.9% of prior regionsAsia: 7 current, 8 prior
    Still available in australiaeast, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, centralindia, centralus, and 27 more. Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • jioindiacentral aiModels.openai.gpt-4o-mini.2024-07-18 available → unavailable recurring disappearance
    unavailable 0/101 prior days (0.0%)coverage 33/64 monitored regions (51.6%, -1 region)coverage removed from 2.9% of prior regionsAsia: 7 current, 8 prior
    Still available in australiaeast, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, centralindia, centralus, and 27 more. Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • jioindiacentral aiModels.openai.gpt-4o.2024-05-13 available → unavailable recurring disappearance
    unavailable 0/101 prior days (0.0%)coverage 33/64 monitored regions (51.6%, -1 region)coverage removed from 2.9% of prior regionsAsia: 7 current, 8 prior
    Still available in australiaeast, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, centralindia, centralus, and 27 more. Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • jioindiacentral aiModels.openai.gpt-4o.2024-08-06 available → unavailable recurring disappearance
    unavailable 0/101 prior days (0.0%)coverage 33/64 monitored regions (51.6%, -1 region)coverage removed from 2.9% of prior regionsAsia: 7 current, 8 prior
    Still available in australiaeast, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, centralindia, centralus, and 27 more. Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • jioindiacentral aiModels.openai.gpt-4o.2024-11-20 available → unavailable recurring disappearance
    unavailable 0/101 prior days (0.0%)coverage 33/64 monitored regions (51.6%, -1 region)coverage removed from 2.9% of prior regionsAsia: 7 current, 8 prior
    Still available in australiaeast, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, centralindia, centralus, and 27 more. Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • jioindiacentral aiModels.openai.o1.2024-12-17 available → unavailable recurring disappearance
    unavailable 0/101 prior days (0.0%)coverage 33/64 monitored regions (51.6%, -1 region)coverage removed from 2.9% of prior regionsAsia: 7 current, 8 prior
    Still available in australiaeast, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, centralindia, centralus, and 27 more. Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • jioindiacentral aiModels.openai.o4-mini.2025-04-16 available → unavailable recurring disappearance
    unavailable 0/101 prior days (0.0%)coverage 33/64 monitored regions (51.6%, -1 region)coverage removed from 2.9% of prior regionsAsia: 7 current, 8 prior
    Still available in australiaeast, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, centralindia, centralus, and 27 more. Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • australiacentral extensionTypes.softwaretailor.aisuiteaiserver None → available net-new regional availability
    unavailable 101/101 prior days (100.0%)coverage 59/64 monitored regions (92.2%, +59 regions)Oceania: 5 current, 0 priorfirst observed anywhere in the monitored regions
    Also newly available in australiacentral, australiacentral2, australiaeast, australiasoutheast, austriaeast, belgiumcentral, and 53 more. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions

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