# qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking

Calls to the model qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking on Nebius stopped working on August 31, 2026.

Requests using model qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking have failed since August 31, 2026. Nebius retired this model on that date, and calls to api.studio.nebius.ai specifying it no longer succeed.

## What to use instead

Move to qwen/qwen3.8-27b. Note that qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b, which was named first, stops working on November 9, 2026.

- API: Nebius (api.studio.nebius.ai)
- Model: qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking
- Released: September 2025 (models.dev)
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: August 31, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking`
- Source: [Model notices](https://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/llms.txt#deprecation)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against Nebius's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/nebius/qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking/

## Nebius's words

> Deprecating Model: Qwen/Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking; Recommended Replacement: Qwen/Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

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