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deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b-specdec model retirement
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Calls to the model deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b-specdec on Groq stopped working on March 24, 2025.
The error you get
What Groq answers a call to deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b-specdec once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:
{"error":{"message":"The model `deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b-specdec` does not exist or you do not have access to it.","type":"invalid_request_error","code":"model_not_found"}}What to use instead of deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b-specdec
Move to openai/gpt-oss-120b. deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b, named first, stopped working on 2025-10-02. deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32b, named first, stopped working on 2025-04-14.
In Groq's words
Model ID: deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b-specdec; Shutdown Date: 03/24/25; Recommended Replacement Model ID: deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32b
Facts
- API
- Groq
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deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b-specdec- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- March 24, 2025
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Groq's own pages
Questions
When does deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b-specdec shut down?
Calls to the model deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b-specdec on Groq stopped working on March 24, 2025.
What happens to calls after March 24, 2025?
They have failed since March 24, 2025.
What error does deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b-specdec return once it is shut down?
Groq answers HTTP 404: "The model `deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b-specdec` does not exist or you do not have access to it.". Send another model to fix it.
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.
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