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On October 28, 2026, Phoenix Technology reported that placeholder code for DeepSeek-V5, V5-open, V5-next, and others had appeared in the official DeepSeek Harness code repository, and that the official team had made advance preparations for the V5 series release. The report noted that these code entries are currently only placeholders; when released in the future, the server side will only need to modify /models to go live, with no client release required. Among them, V5-open follows a "no version threshold" path, while V5-next follows a "client upgrade required" path. On October 30, TMTPost·AGI further reported that these model names appeared in the test code of the official DeepSeek Harness GitHub repository, corresponding respectively to three release paths: unrecognized by the current client, usable directly on any version, and requiring a DSH upgrade to use. Among them, deepseek-v5-next requires a minimum version of 99.0.0-alpha.1, while the publicly available DSH version remains at 0.2.x. The report also stated that these entries were uploaded on September 24, 2026, by DSH core contributor Jiang Yichen. There is currently no official release information.
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Three model names including deepseek-v5 have appeared in DeepSeek Harness test files. Is V5 coming?
Three undisclosed model names—deepseek-v5, deepseek-v5-open, and deepseek-v5-next—have appeared in the test code of the official DeepSeek Harness GitHub repository, corresponding to three release paths: unrecognized by the current client, usable directly with any version, and requiring a DSH upgrade to use. Among them, deepseek-v5-next requires a minimum version of 99.0.0-alpha.1, while the publicly available DSH version remains at 0.2.x. These entries were uploaded on September 24, 2026, by DSH core contributor Jiang Yichen.
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DeepSeek V5 Appears in Official Code Repository, Placeholder Preparations Already Made Before Release
Code such as DeepSeek-V5, V5-open, and V5-next has appeared in the official DeepSeek Harness code repository, indicating that the official team has made advance preparations for the release of the V5 series. These codes are currently placeholders; when released in the future, the server side will only need to change /models to go live, and the client side will not need to ship a new version. V5-open follows a "no version threshold" path, while V5-next follows a "client upgrade required" path. The code cannot indicate that V5 will be released soon, but it means it is getting closer. V5 Pro probably won't happen this month and will likely arrive in November.