Historical Cohere text-generation family served through the original Generate API, before the later Command-focused catalog. Current access and exact final retirement date are unverified.
The provider explicitly describes different dated versions. Original snapshot records, limits and lifecycle details remain under review; alias routing changed over time.
Historical canonical selector; omitted from the maintained current-model catalog. Exact final shutdown date and current callable access remain unverified.
Regions
Not collected
Endpoint pricing has not been collected. Check the provider for applicable rates.
Data & enterprise terms
Retention, training use, regional processing and enterprise terms have not been summarized for this endpoint.
Previous Generate API name, renamed in April 2023. Dated versions and redirected aliases are not assumed to identify the same weights.
Regions
Not collected
Endpoint pricing has not been collected. Check the provider for applicable rates.
Data & enterprise terms
Retention, training use, regional processing and enterprise terms have not been summarized for this endpoint.
Caching
Caching can reuse earlier input processing. Availability, lifetime and billing depend on the endpoint. A cache hit still generates a new response.
01 / INITIAL INPUTProcess & retain
The system processes eligible input and retains reusable state.
02 / LATER REQUESTCheck available state
Reuse depends on matching input, session state and the cache policy.
03 / CACHE HITReuse & generate
Reusing state can reduce repeated work. Any charges follow the billing rules below.
Cohere Generate API (historical)
base-light
Not verified
No original-model prompt-cache contract verified. Newer Command/Embed capabilities are not inherited.
How it works
Not collected
Minimum reusable input
Not collected
Lifetime & refresh
Not collected
How to enable it
Not collected
Usage fields
Not collected
Billing rules
Not collected
Limits & data boundaries
Not collected
No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.
Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026
Cohere Generate API (historical alias)
medium
Not verified
No original-model prompt-cache contract verified. Newer Command/Embed capabilities are not inherited.
How it works
Not collected
Minimum reusable input
Not collected
Lifetime & refresh
Not collected
How to enable it
Not collected
Usage fields
Not collected
Billing rules
Not collected
Limits & data boundaries
Not collected
No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.
Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026
What the measurements say
No benchmark observations have been added for this model. We do not turn a vendor description into a performance score.
Latency and throughput depend on the host, request size, reasoning settings and load. There is no measured speed or global usage figure in this record.
The record behind the model
Why it is included
Historical distribution inference: Cohere identifies this original model and its predecessor name as an API model in the official rename notice. The archived product documentation exposes managed inference, not an original weight release. Reviewed Cohere/CohereLabs repositories do not provide these original weights; this is not a blanket license assertion for newer public Command R/A families.
