Add Lifecycle Status to AI Models in the Developer Portal

[maikbehring]

Add Lifecycle Status to AI Models in the Developer Portal

Background

The Developer Portal currently lists all available AI models but does not communicate their lifecycle stage.

To better communicate expectations around stability, availability, and long-term planning, each model should expose its current lifecycle status.

The Developer Portal should become the single source of truth for model lifecycle information.

Implementation

• Add a new Lifecycle column to the AI model overview.
• Display the lifecycle status for each model.
• Support the following lifecycle stages:
  • Experimental
  • Testing
  • Stable
  • Long-Term Support (LTS)
• Add documentation describing each lifecycle stage.

Current Lifecycle

Model	Lifecycle
gpt-oss-120b	LTS
Qwen3.5-0.8B	Stable
Ministral-3-14B-Instruct-2512	LTS
Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B	Testing
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B-FP8	Stable
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8	Stable
GLM-OCR	Testing
Qwen3-Embedding-8B	LTS
Qwen3-VL-Reranker-2B	Testing
whisper-large-v3-turbo	LTS

Lifecycle Definitions

🧪 Experimental

Early preview intended for exploration and feedback.

• Features and behavior may change at any time.
• The model may be replaced or removed without notice.
• No guarantees regarding stability or availability.
• Not recommended for production workloads.

🔬 Testing

Available for development, evaluation, and early integrations.

• The model is being validated under real-world conditions.
• Occasional downtime, performance fluctuations, or service interruptions may occur.
• Not recommended for production workloads.

✅ Stable

Recommended for production use.

• Covered by normal operational processes.
• At least 90 days' notice before deprecation or removal.
• Recommended replacement models will be provided.
• May be promoted to Long-Term Support (LTS) after proving itself over time.

🛡️ Long-Term Support (LTS)

Recommended for long-term production deployments.

• Previously proven as a Stable model.
• Extended lifecycle commitment.
• At least 12 months' notice before deprecation or removal.
• Recommended replacement models will be provided.

Lifecycle Flow

Experimental
      ↓
Testing
      ↓
Stable
      ↓
Long-Term Support (LTS)

Not every model will progress through every stage. Models may be removed during the Experimental or Testing phase, or remain Stable without ever becoming LTS.