Latest scan: 453 new availability signals and 41 regressions across 39 regions. In everyday terms, the monitor now has 453 newly listed options and no longer has 41 previously listed options across the regions it observed. These catalog changes can affect where teams plan workloads or select services.
Azure AI models: models/versions delisted (likely deprecation) (31 signals; 31 deprecation candidates). Practical impact. SRE impact: review model deployment targets and fallback model/version choices. Coverage now ranges from 0 to 0 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 93.9% of prior observations. Examples: australiaeast · Azure AI model/version catalog entry for model selection (moonshotai.kimi-k3.2026-07-29); brazilsouth · Azure AI model/version catalog entry for model selection (moonshotai.kimi-k3.2026-07-29); canadacentral · Azure AI model/version catalog entry for model selection (moonshotai.kimi-k3.2026-07-29); canadaeast · Azure AI model/version catalog entry for model selection (moonshotai.kimi-k3.2026-07-29); and 27 more.
VM SKUs: VM sizes withdrawn (10 signals; 10 deprecation candidates). Practical impact. SRE impact: capacity planning and SKU fallback lists should be rechecked. Coverage now ranges from 52 to 52 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 89.5% of prior observations. Examples: indiasouthcentral · Azure virtual-machine size for right-sizing compute (m128dms.v2); indiasouthcentral · Azure virtual-machine size for right-sizing compute (m128ds.v2); indiasouthcentral · Azure virtual-machine size for right-sizing compute (m128ms.v2); indiasouthcentral · Azure virtual-machine size for right-sizing compute (m128s.v2); and 6 more.
Azure AI models: newer models/versions rolling out (29 signals; 29 net-new regional availabilities). Practical impact. SRE impact: new regional model/version options for latency, residency, and model selection. Coverage now ranges from 1 to 28 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: australiaeast · Azure AI model/version catalog entry for model selection (openai.gpt-6-astra.2026-09-03); brazilsouth · Azure AI model/version catalog entry for model selection (openai.gpt-6-astra.2026-09-03); canadacentral · Azure AI model/version catalog entry for model selection (openai.gpt-6-astra.2026-09-03); canadaeast · Azure AI model/version catalog entry for model selection (openai.gpt-6-astra.2026-09-03); and 25 more.
VM SKUs: VM sizes now offered (424 signals; 422 net-new regional availabilities, 2 restored availabilities, up to 1 prior disappearance). Practical impact. SRE impact: more compute shapes for right-sizing, performance, and cost tuning. Coverage now ranges from 8 to 47 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: centraluseuap · Azure virtual-machine size for right-sizing compute (ng16ads.v620.v1); centraluseuap · Azure virtual-machine size for right-sizing compute (ng8ads.v620.v1); indonesiacentral · Azure virtual-machine size for right-sizing compute (d128nds.v6); indonesiacentral · Azure virtual-machine size for right-sizing compute (d128nlds.v6); and 420 more.
What this means for Azure users: review placement and fallback plans using these catalog/list signals before changing production deployments.