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DeepSeek issued a compensation notice for the API service outage on the morning of October 15, 2026, fully refunding in the form of credits the amount consumed by user accounts within 7 days (10.8-10.14).
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Short-term (~14 days)
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10/16/2026
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Valid until: 10/30/2026
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