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llama-guard-3-8b

Stopped working

Calls to the model llama-guard-3-8b on Groq stopped working on June 6, 2025.

What to use instead of llama-guard-3-8b

Move to openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b. meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b, named first, stopped working on 2026-03-05.

Facts

API
Groq api.groq.com
Model
llama-guard-3-8b
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
June 6, 2025
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated

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