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mixtral-8x7b-32768 model retirement
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Calls to the model mixtral-8x7b-32768 on Groq stopped working on March 20, 2025.
The error you get
What Groq answers a call to mixtral-8x7b-32768 once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:
{"error":{"message":"The model `mixtral-8x7b-32768` does not exist or you do not have access to it.","type":"invalid_request_error","code":"model_not_found"}}What to use instead of mixtral-8x7b-32768
Move to openai/gpt-oss-120b. mistral-saba-24b, named first, stopped working on 2025-07-30. llama-3.3-70b-versatile, named first, stopped working on 2026-08-16.
In Groq's words
Model ID: mixtral-8x7b-32768; Shutdown Date: 03/20/25; Recommended Replacement Model ID: mistral-saba-24b llama-3.3-70b-versatile
Facts
- API
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mixtral-8x7b-32768- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- March 20, 2025
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Groq's own pages
Questions
When does mixtral-8x7b-32768 shut down?
Calls to the model mixtral-8x7b-32768 on Groq stopped working on March 20, 2025.
What happens to calls after March 20, 2025?
They have failed since March 20, 2025.
What error does mixtral-8x7b-32768 return once it is shut down?
Groq answers HTTP 404: "The model `mixtral-8x7b-32768` does not exist or you do not have access to it.". Send another model to fix it.
How do I find the calls this hits in my code?
Okapi reads your repository, finds the calls this change hits and opens a pull request with the fix. It never commits to your branches: every change comes as a pull request you review.
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