Groq
llama3-groq-8b-8192-tool-use-preview model retirement
Stopped workingSubscribe to GroqShare
Calls to the model llama3-groq-8b-8192-tool-use-preview stopped working on January 6, 2025.
The error you get
What Groq answers a call to llama3-groq-8b-8192-tool-use-preview once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:
{"error":{"message":"The model `llama3-groq-8b-8192-tool-use-preview` does not exist or you do not have access to it.","type":"invalid_request_error","code":"model_not_found"}}What to use instead of llama3-groq-8b-8192-tool-use-preview
Move to openai/gpt-oss-120b. llama-3.3-70b-versatile, named first, stopped working on 2026-08-16.
In Groq's words
Model ID: llama3-groq-8b-8192-tool-use-preview; Shutdown Date: 1/6/25; Recommended Replacement Model ID: llama-3.3-70b-versatile
Facts
- API
- Groq
api.groq.com - Model
llama3-groq-8b-8192-tool-use-preview- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- January 6, 2025
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Groq's own pages
Questions
When does llama3-groq-8b-8192-tool-use-preview shut down?
Calls to the model llama3-groq-8b-8192-tool-use-preview stopped working on January 6, 2025.
What happens to calls after January 6, 2025?
They have failed since January 6, 2025.
What error does llama3-groq-8b-8192-tool-use-preview return once it is shut down?
Groq answers HTTP 404: "The model `llama3-groq-8b-8192-tool-use-preview` 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.
More from Groq 10
-
llama-3.2-11b-text-previewModel retirement Stopped working -
llava-v1.5-7b-4096-previewModel retirement Stopped working -
llama-3.2-90b-text-previewModel retirement Stopped working -
gemma-7b-itModel retirement Stopped working -
llama3-groq-70b-8192-tool-use-previewModel retirement Stopped working -
llama-3.1-70b-specdecModel retirement Stopped working -
llama-3.1-70b-versatileModel retirement Stopped working -
mixtral-8x7b-32768Model retirement Stopped working -
deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b-specdecModel retirement Stopped working -
deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32bModel retirement Stopped working
You fixed this one by hand.
Okapi opens the pull request with the fix before the next breaking change reaches your code.