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qwen/qwen2.5-72b-instruct model retirement
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Requests to model qwen/qwen2.5-72b-instruct fail since July 29, 2026. Together AI retired the model on api.together.xyz on that date, and any calls using this identifier no longer succeed.
What to use instead of qwen/qwen2.5-72b-instruct
Move to meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Reference, recommended by Together AI.
In Together AI's words
Removal date: 2026-07-29; Model: Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct; Suggested replacement: meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Reference
Facts
- API
- Together AI
api.together.xyz - Model
qwen/qwen2.5-72b-instruct- Released
- September 18, 2024 (models.dev)
- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- July 29, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Together AI's own pages
Questions
When does qwen/qwen2.5-72b-instruct shut down?
Calls to the model qwen/qwen2.5-72b-instruct on Together AI stopped working on July 29, 2026.
What happens to calls after July 29, 2026?
They have failed since July 29, 2026.
When was qwen/qwen2.5-72b-instruct released?
qwen/qwen2.5-72b-instruct was released on September 18, 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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