# meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Calls to the model meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct on SambaNova Cloud stopped working on April 14, 2026.

On April 14, 2026, the model meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct will stop working on SambaNova Cloud. Calls targeting model meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct will fail after that date.

## What to use instead

Move to Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct, which SambaNova recommends as the replacement.

- API: SambaNova Cloud (api.sambanova.ai)
- Model: meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: April 14, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct`
- Source: [Deprecations page](https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations)
- Verified: October 26, 2026, against SambaNova Cloud's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/sambanova-cloud/meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct/

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