claude-3-opus-20240229 · BURIED · Shutdown July 2025

Anthropic killed
your model.

You found out in prod.

Zombify is an AI model deprecation monitoring tool for developers. It watches the model IDs your app depends on and alerts you when they become deprecated, retired, renamed, zombie or unsafe to run.

Built for LLM-powered apps running on OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini and OpenRouter.

Zombify watches OpenAI · Anthropic · Google (Gemini) · OpenRouter

incident.log

[INCIDENT] 03:14AM — model deprecated

[IMPACT]  two apps down. no warning. no fallback.

[DISCOVERY] found out from a user.

// built zombify the next day

AI model deprecation monitoring

Track LLM lifecycle changes before they break production.

Zombify monitors AI model lifecycle changes across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini and OpenRouter, so developers know when a model is active, at risk, deprecated, zombie or retired. It turns provider deprecations, shutdown dates and replacement model signals into clear warnings before a hardcoded model ID breaks your app.

Learn how AI model deprecation works →

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When to use Zombify

01

Your app depends on hardcoded OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini or OpenRouter model IDs.

02

You want alerts before a model shutdown breaks production.

03

You need to check whether an AI model is active, deprecated, retired, zombie or risky.

04

You manage client, team or production AI stacks and need a shareable model status page.

05

You do not want to manually read provider changelogs and deprecation notices.

They change fast. We track the Horde daily.

Still breathing (for now)

Active and at-risk models across major AI providers. Changes appear after review.

Live

Anthropic

10 / 10 active
claude-haiku-4-5
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
claude-opus-4-5-20251101
claude-opus-4-6
claude-opus-4-7
claude-opus-4-8
claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
claude-sonnet-4-6
claude-opus-4-5
claude-sonnet-4-5

Google Gemini

10 / 10 active
gemini-1.5-flash
gemini-1.5-pro
gemini-2.0-flash
gemini-2.0-flash-001
gemini-2.0-flash-lite
gemini-2.5-flash
gemini-2.5-flash-lite
gemini-2.5-pro
gemini-3.1-flash-lite
gemini-3.5-flash

OpenAI

15 / 15 active
gpt-4o-2024-08-06
gpt-4o
gpt-5
gpt-5-mini
gpt-5-pro
gpt-5.4
gpt-5.4-nano
gpt-5.4-pro
gpt-5.5
gpt-5.5-pro
o3-pro
omni-moderation
text-embedding-3-large
text-embedding-3-small
text-embedding-ada-002

How it works

01

Pick your models

Choose the AI models your app depends on, or paste your .env and let Zombify sniff out the risky bits. No account needed for a quick check.

02

We watch the lifecycle

Zombify monitors provider lifecycle signals and tracks when a model becomes deprecated, retired, renamed, zombie, or no longer safe to run.

03

You get the warning

If something changes, you get an email with the risk and a replacement path before production breaks.

Not another dashboard corpse

What Zombify is / is not

Zombify is

  • AI model lifecycle monitoring
  • LLM deprecation tracking
  • Model shutdown alerting
  • Production risk monitoring for AI apps
  • A simple way to check model health before something breaks

Zombify is not

  • A full observability platform
  • A prompt testing tool
  • A model benchmark tool
  • A generic AI dashboard
  • A replacement for production logging

Simple pricing

One tool. One hit. No subscription brain rot.

Free

Forever

  • Check any model instantly
  • See the live graveyard
  • No sign-up, no nonsense
LIFETIME
$45 AUD

Lifetime

Watch up to 10 AI models. Get email alerts when a model becomes deprecated, retired, renamed, zombie, unstable or unsafe to run. Includes .env model detection, shareable status pages and future lifecycle updates.

  • Watch up to 10 models
  • Get emailed when something dies
  • .env bulk import
  • Shareable status page
  • All future updates included

Built because we got burned first.

Frequently asked questions

What is Zombify?

Zombify is an AI model lifecycle monitoring tool for developers running LLM-powered apps in production. It tracks model deprecations, shutdown dates, retired models, zombie models, risky model IDs and replacement paths before they turn into incidents.

Who is Zombify for?

Zombify is for developers, indie hackers, AI startups, product teams, agencies and technical teams that ship AI-powered apps. If a hardcoded model ID can break your product, Zombify is watching the graveyard for you.

Which AI providers does Zombify monitor?

Zombify monitors OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini and OpenRouter models. That covers the providers most LLM apps are already stitching into production.

Does Zombify alert me before AI models are deprecated?

Yes. Zombify sends alerts when a watched model becomes deprecated, retired, renamed, zombie, unstable or unsafe to run, so you can move before production starts smoking.

Can Zombify check models from a .env file?

Yes. Zombify can detect model IDs from a pasted .env file in your browser, then check whether those models are active, deprecated, retired, zombie or risky.

Is Zombify useful for production AI apps?

Yes. Zombify is built for production AI apps that depend on OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini or OpenRouter model IDs and need warning before a lifecycle change breaks a real user flow.

How is Zombify different from manually checking provider changelogs?

Zombify turns scattered provider changelogs, docs updates and lifecycle notices into one model status workflow. You can keep shipping instead of reading release notes like a doomed night watchman.