# whisper-large-v3

Calls to the model whisper-large-v3 on SambaNova Cloud stopped working on March 9, 2026.

On March 9, 2026, the model whisper-large-v3 will be retired from SambaNova Cloud. Calls targeting this model after this date will fail.

## What to use instead

SambaNova recommends migrating to SambaStack.

- API: SambaNova Cloud (api.sambanova.ai)
- Model: whisper-large-v3
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: March 9, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model whisper-large-v3`
- 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/whisper-large-v3/

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