# Meta Llama 3.1 8B-Instruct

DigitalOcean API deprecated the model Meta Llama 3.1 8B-Instruct without giving a shutdown date yet.

DigitalOcean deprecated the model Meta Llama 3.1 8B-Instruct on the Gradient AI Platform without announcing a shutdown date. Calls targeting this model will eventually fail. The change applies to all requests utilizing model Meta Llama 3.1 8B-Instruct.

## What to use instead

Migrate to Llama 3.3 70B-Instruct (llama3.3-70b-instruct) or gpt-oss-20b (openai-gpt-oss-20b) to avoid service disruption.

- API: DigitalOcean API (api.digitalocean.com)
- Model: Meta Llama 3.1 8B-Instruct
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model Meta Llama 3.1 8B-Instruct`
- Source: [Changelog](https://docs.digitalocean.com/release-notes/ai-platform/)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against DigitalOcean API's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/digitalocean/meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct/

## DigitalOcean API's words

> The following models are deprecated from DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI Platform:
> 
> - Meta Llama 3.1 8B-Instruct

Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix: https://github.com/apps/okapi-agent