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Nebius qwen/qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct model retirement

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Nebius retired model qwen/qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct on August 31, 2026. Calls specifying this model fail since that date. The retirement affects requests sent to the host api.studio.nebius.ai.


What to use instead of qwen/qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct

Move to MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3, which is the replacement recommended by Nebius.

In Nebius's words

Deprecating Model: Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct; Recommended Replacement: MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3

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Facts

API
Nebius api.studio.nebius.ai
Model
qwen/qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct
Released
January 26, 2025 (models.dev)
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
August 31, 2026
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Model notices
Last updated
Verified
, against Nebius's own pages

Questions

When does qwen/qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct shut down?

Calls to the model qwen/qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct on Nebius stopped working on August 31, 2026.

What happens to calls after August 31, 2026?

They have failed since August 31, 2026.

When was qwen/qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct released?

qwen/qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct was released on January 26, 2025, according to models.dev.

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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