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meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct model retirement
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On April 14, 2026, SambaNova Cloud retired the model meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct. Requests specifying model meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct fail since that day.
What to use instead of meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct
Move to Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct, recommended by SambaNova.
In SambaNova Cloud's words
Model ID: Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct; Removal date: 4/14/2026; Recommended replacement: Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
Facts
- API
- SambaNova Cloud
api.sambanova.ai - Model
meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct- Released
- July 23, 2024 (models.dev)
- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- April 14, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against SambaNova Cloud's own pages
Questions
When does meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct shut down?
Calls to the model meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct on SambaNova Cloud stopped working on April 14, 2026.
What happens to calls after April 14, 2026?
They have failed since April 14, 2026.
When was meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct released?
meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct was released on July 23, 2024, according to models.dev.
How do I find the calls this hits in my code?
Okapi reads your repository, finds the calls this change hits and opens a pull request with the fix. It never commits to your branches: every change comes as a pull request you review.
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