When Models Retire Without Errors: 4 AI API Version Governance Risks Revealed by the Grok Imagine Migration
Author’s note: On November 2, 2026, xAI officially retired the grok-imagine-image-quality identifier. Requests using the old identifier still succeed, but the underlying model has switched to Image 2.0 Low. This article uses the Grok Imagine migration to explore the risks of AI API version management and how to address them. Today, November 2, 2026, xAI…