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gemma-3-12b-it → model retirement

SambaNova Cloud

Stopped working

On June 9, 2026, SambaNova Cloud will retire model gemma-3-12b-it. Any requests using model gemma-3-12b-it after this date will fail.


What to use instead of gemma-3-12b-it

Move to gemma-4-31B-it, which is recommended by SambaNova.


Facts

API
SambaNova Cloud api.sambanova.ai
Model
gemma-3-12b-it
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
June 9, 2026
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against SambaNova Cloud's own pages

Questions

When does gemma-3-12b-it shut down?

Calls to the model gemma-3-12b-it on SambaNova Cloud stopped working on June 9, 2026.

What happens to calls after June 9, 2026?

They have failed since June 9, 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.


gemma-3-12b-it on other APIs 3

  1. Novita AI google/gemma-3-12b-itModel retirement Stopped working
  2. Together AI google/gemma-3-12b-itModel retirement Stopped working
  3. No date NVIDIA google/gemma-3-12b-itModel retirement Deprecated, no date

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  4. meta-llama-3.1-8b-instructModel retirement Stopped working
  5. minimax-m2.5Model retirement Stopped working
  6. llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instructModel retirement Stopped working

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