Groq · Model retirement
meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct
Stopped working
Calls to the model meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct on Groq stopped working on July 17, 2026.
What to use instead of meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct
Move to openai/gpt-oss-120b. qwen/qwen3.6-27b, also named, stopped working on 2026-09-14.
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meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- July 17, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Who it affects
- free and developer tiers
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
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