# qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-thinking

Calls to the model qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-thinking on Novita AI stopped working on July 1, 2026.

Novita AI retired the model qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-thinking on July 1, 2026. Requests specifying this model fail since that date.

## What to use instead

Move to the recommended replacement model qwen/qwen3.6-27b.

- API: Novita AI (api.novita.ai)
- Model: qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-thinking
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: July 1, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-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-8b-thinking/

## Novita AI's words

> Model ID: qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-thinking; Retirement time: Jul 1, 2026, 00:00 UTC; Replacement model: qwen/qwen3.6-27b

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