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Context Window Limited to 256k Tokens

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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

A 256k-token context ceiling directly bounds how much input and conversational history the model can consider in a single request.

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Interpretive note: The excerpt is a two-word label and value with no surrounding explanation. '256k' is interpreted as 256,000 tokens, which is the standard industry reading, but this is not confirmed by surrounding text.

Recent Activity

This document changed recently

Medium Aug 15, 2026

The updated model card reflects new pricing for mistral-medium-3-5: the token cost has increased from €1.25 per million tokens (€6.4 per million on a higher tier) to $1.5 per million tokens ($7.5 on a higher tier). The pricing currency has shifted from EUR to USD as the primary denomination. Organizations using this model through Mistral AI's API will encounter higher per-token costs at current exchange rates. No opt-out mechanism is available; the new pricing applies to all API consumption of this model.

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Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Any single request to the model cannot exceed 256,000 tokens of combined input context.

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Context 256k

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Provision details

Document information
Document
Mistral Medium 3.5 Model Card
Entity
Mistral AI
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
July 6, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-007111, captured Sept. 23, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-066885
Document ID
CA-D-000926
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Archived bytes SHA-256 (version CA-V-007111)
42bc37fbe6d42057d41134366f666379ac1e355948441c964a9bc378407b004c
Analysis generated
July 6, 2026 22:17 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found verbatim in version CA-V-007111 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: Mistral AI
Document: Mistral Medium 3.5 Model Card
Record ID: CA-P-066885
Version: CA-V-007111
Captured: 2026-09-23 01:01:21 UTC
SHA-256: 42bc37fbe6d42057…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/mistral-ai/mistral-medium-35-model-card/provision/CA-P-066885/context-window-limited-to-256k-tokens/
Accessed: Oct. 8, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Mistral AI's Context Window Limited to 256k Tokens clause do?

A 256k-token context ceiling directly bounds how much input and conversational history the model can consider in a single request.

How does this clause affect you?

Any single request to the model cannot exceed 256,000 tokens of combined input context.

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