# qwen/qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct

Calls to the model qwen/qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct on Novita AI stopped working on October 9, 2026.

Novita AI retired the model qwen/qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct on October 9, 2026. Calls specifying this model fail since that day.

## What to use instead

Update requests to use the recommended replacement model qwen/qwen3.8-max.

- API: Novita AI (api.novita.ai)
- Model: qwen/qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct
- Released: April 2025 (models.dev)
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: October 9, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model qwen/qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct`
- 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-coder-480b-a35b-instruct/

## Novita AI's words

> Model ID: qwen/qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct; Retirement date: Oct 9, 2026; Replacement model: qwen/qwen3.8-max

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