xAI · Model retirement
grok-3-mini
Stopped working
Calls to the model grok-3-mini on xAI stopped working on October 14, 2026.
What to use instead of grok-3-mini
Move to grok-4.3. grok-4.3 with a low reasoning effort is the closest equivalent, though the price floor is considerably higher than Grok 3 Mini's was.
Facts
- API
- xAI
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grok-3-mini- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- October 14, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- models.dev
- Last updated
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