# qwen/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinking

Calls to the model qwen/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinking on Novita AI stopped working on October 9, 2026.

Novita AI retired the model qwen/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinking on October 9, 2026. Calls specifying this model fail after that date. Requests must be updated because the endpoint no longer serves this identifier.

## What to use instead

Move to qwen/qwen3.8-max, which Novita recommends as the replacement model.

- API: Novita AI (api.novita.ai)
- Model: qwen/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinking
- Released: September 23, 2025 (models.dev)
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: October 9, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model qwen/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinking`
- 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-vl-235b-a22b-thinking/

## Novita AI's words

> Model ID: qwen/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinking; 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