DeepSeek Starting on November 1 charges for calls within certain programming tools to Search and Fetch will apply
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According to PANews,DeepSeek will begin November 1, 2026 charging per successful call for Search and Fetch in certain tools from
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DeepSeek Starting on November 1 charges for Search and Fetch calls within certain programming tools
PANews October 17 reported, citing DeepSeek official API documentation, that Beijing time November 1, 2026 on 00: 00 users, when using DeepSeek Harness, Claude Code, and Codex to use DeepSeek API through server-side tool calls to access the Search and Fetch interfaces will begin to be charged per call. These calls were previously free of charge.Search and Fetch will each be charged per 1000 successful request at 5 yuan CNY the Token or the number of results returned; failed requests, searches with no results, and timeouts will not be charged.Search is supported by DeepSeek its proprietary search engine and returns structured web results;Fetch fetches a single webpage and returns its Markdown main text. The two interfaces have independent per-account rate limits, with a maximum of... per second.
PANews reported on October 17 the DeepSeek Search and Fetch interface fee adjustment.
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The report cited DeepSeek official API documentation, stating that the new rules take effect from Beijing time November 1, 2026 on 00: 00.
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When users DeepSeek use Harness, Claude Code, and Codex to use DeepSeek API and access the Search and Fetch interfaces through server-side tool calls, successful requests will begin to incur charges.
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Search and Fetch were previously free of charge; after the adjustment, each will be charged per 1000 successful request at 5 yuan CNY。
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Fees are not calculated based on Token or the number of results returned.
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Failed requests, searches with no results, and timeouts will not be charged.
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Search returns structured web results, while Fetch fetches a single webpage and returns its Markdown main text.
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Search and Fetch have independent rate limits by account.
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This means that using DeepSeek API to have the relevant programming tools perform web searches or fetch webpages will incur additional fees for successful calls. The billing unit is the number of successful requests, not the Token quantity of input and output or the number of results.
Why it matters to readers
Frequent use of Search or Fetch workflows may increase usage costs; failed, resultless, and timed-out requests will not be charged, as reported.
Beginners who connect DeepSeek to Harness, Claude Code, or Codex and use DeepSeek API for online search or webpage fetching should monitor the number of successful calls and when the charges take effect.
Risks and unknowns
Evidence not provided DeepSeek the original link to the API official documentation; the charging rules still need to be verified against the official documentation.
The main text is truncated at “a maximum of... per second,” so the complete rate-limit figure cannot be confirmed.
The full scope of applicability and specific configuration conditions for “certain programming tools” are not specified in the available main text.
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