# qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking

Calls to the model qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking on Nebius stopped working on August 31, 2026.

On August 31, 2026, Nebius will retire the model qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking. Calls targeting this model after that date will fail.

## What to use instead

Move to Qwen/Qwen3.5-397B-A17B, which is recommended by Nebius.

- API: Nebius (api.studio.nebius.ai)
- Model: qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: August 31, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking`
- Source: [Model notices](https://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/llms.txt#deprecation)
- Verified: October 26, 2026, against Nebius's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/nebius/qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking/

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