# meta-llama/meta-llama-3.1-70b-instruct-reference

Calls to the model meta-llama/meta-llama-3.1-70b-instruct-reference on Together AI stopped working on July 29, 2026.

Together AI retired model meta-llama/meta-llama-3.1-70b-instruct-reference on July 29, 2026. Calls targeting this model fail since that date.

## What to use instead

Update your requests to use the recommended replacement, meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Reference.

- API: Together AI (api.together.xyz)
- Model: meta-llama/meta-llama-3.1-70b-instruct-reference
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: July 29, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model meta-llama/meta-llama-3.1-70b-instruct-reference`
- Source: [Deprecations page](https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against Together AI's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/together-ai/meta-llama/meta-llama-3.1-70b-instruct-reference/

## Together AI's words

> Removal date: 2026-07-29; Model: meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct-Reference; Suggested replacement: meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Reference

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