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SambaNova Cloud qwen3-32b model retirement

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Requests specifying model qwen3-32b fail since April 6, 2026. SambaNova Cloud retired the model on that day, and subsequent calls using this identifier no longer succeed.


What to use instead of qwen3-32b

Move to minimax-m3. Although MiniMax-M2.5 was originally recommended as a replacement, it stopped working on May 18, 2026.

In SambaNova Cloud's words

Model ID: Qwen3-32B; Removal date: 4/6/2026; Recommended replacement: MiniMax-M2.5

SambaNova Cloud, Deprecations page

Facts

API
SambaNova Cloud api.sambanova.ai
Model
qwen3-32b
Released
April 2025 (models.dev)
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
April 6, 2026
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against SambaNova Cloud's own pages

Questions

When does qwen3-32b shut down?

Calls to the model qwen3-32b on SambaNova Cloud stopped working on April 6, 2026.

What happens to calls after April 6, 2026?

They have failed since April 6, 2026.

When was qwen3-32b released?

qwen3-32b was released on April 2025, 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.


qwen3-32b on other APIs 6

  1. Novita AI qwen/qwen3-32bModel retirement Stopped working
  2. Groq qwen/qwen3-32bModel retirement Stopped working
  3. Together AI qwen/qwen3-32bModel retirement Stopped working
  4. Nebius qwen/qwen3-32bModel retirement Stopped working
  5. No date Alibaba Model Studio qwen3-32bModel retirement Deprecated, no date
  6. No date iFlow qwen3-32bModel retirement Deprecated, no date

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  7. deepseek-r1-0528Model retirement Stopped working
  8. deepseek-v3-0324Model retirement Stopped working
  9. meta-llama-3.1-8b-instructModel retirement Stopped working
  10. minimax-m2.5Model retirement Stopped working

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