# qwen/qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-instruct

Calls to the model qwen/qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-instruct on Together AI stopped working on July 29, 2026.

On July 29, 2026, model qwen/qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-instruct was retired. Calls targeting this model fail since that date. The removal took effect across all requests using this model identifier.

## What to use instead

Move to Qwen/Qwen3.5-4B, which is recommended by Together AI as the replacement.

- API: Together AI (api.together.xyz)
- Model: qwen/qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-instruct
- Released: October 4, 2025 (models.dev)
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: July 29, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model qwen/qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-instruct`
- 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/qwen/qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-instruct/

## Together AI's words

> Removal date: 2026-07-29; Model: Qwen/Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct; Suggested replacement: Qwen/Qwen3.5-4B

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