deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b → model retirement
SambaNova Cloud
Stopped working
On March 20, 2026, SambaNova Cloud will retire model deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b. Calls using this model will fail after that date.
What to use instead of deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b
Move to gpt-oss-120b, recommended by SambaNova.
Facts
- API
- SambaNova Cloud
api.sambanova.ai - Model
deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- March 20, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against SambaNova Cloud's own pages
Questions
When does deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b shut down?
Calls to the model deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b on SambaNova Cloud stopped working on March 20, 2026.
What happens to calls after March 20, 2026?
They have failed since March 20, 2026.
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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You fixed this one by hand.
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