meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct → model retirement
SambaNova Cloud
Stopped working
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 of meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct
Move to Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct, which SambaNova recommends as the replacement.
Facts
- 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
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against SambaNova Cloud's own pages
Questions
When does meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct shut down?
Calls to the model meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct on SambaNova Cloud stopped working on April 14, 2026.
What happens to calls after April 14, 2026?
They have failed since April 14, 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.
meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct on other APIs 1
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You fixed this one by hand.
Okapi opens the pull request with the fix before the next breaking change reaches your code.