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SambaNova Cloud qwen2-audio-7b-instruct model retirement

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Calls to the model qwen2-audio-7b-instruct on SambaNova Cloud stopped working on June 19, 2025.


What to use instead of qwen2-audio-7b-instruct

whisper-large-v3, named first, stopped working on 2026-03-09. No replacement that holds is named yet.

In SambaNova Cloud's words

Model ID: Qwen2-Audio-7B-Instruct; Removal date: 6/19/2025; Recommended replacement: Whisper-Large-v3

SambaNova Cloud, Deprecations page

Facts

API
SambaNova Cloud api.sambanova.ai
Model
qwen2-audio-7b-instruct
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
June 19, 2025
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against SambaNova Cloud's own pages

Questions

When does qwen2-audio-7b-instruct shut down?

Calls to the model qwen2-audio-7b-instruct on SambaNova Cloud stopped working on June 19, 2025.

What happens to calls after June 19, 2025?

They have failed since June 19, 2025.

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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