# qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b

Calls to the model qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b on Novita AI stopped working on May 22, 2026.

Novita AI retired the model qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b on May 22, 2026. Calls targeting this model fail since that date. The deprecation notice designated the model as retired and pointed to newer alternatives.

## What to use instead

Update your requests to use qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b or qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b as recommended by Novita. These alternatives are also available on Dedicated Endpoints.

- API: Novita AI (api.novita.ai)
- Model: qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b
- Released: April 28, 2025 (models.dev)
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: May 22, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b`
- Source: [Model notices](https://novita.ai/docs/llms-full.txt#deprecation-notice)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against Novita AI's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/novita-ai/qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b/

## Novita AI's words

> Deprecated model: qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b; Recommended alternatives: qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b, qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b; Notes: Also available on Dedicated Endpoints

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