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mistral-saba-24b model retirement
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Calls to the model mistral-saba-24b on Groq stopped working on July 30, 2025.
The error you get
What Groq answers a call to mistral-saba-24b once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:
{"error":{"message":"The model `mistral-saba-24b` does not exist or you do not have access to it.","type":"invalid_request_error","code":"model_not_found"}}What to use instead of mistral-saba-24b
Move to openai/gpt-oss-120b. qwen/qwen3-32b, named first, stopped working on 2026-07-17.
In Groq's words
Deprecated Model: mistral-saba-24b; Shutdown Date: 07/30/25; Recommended Replacement Model ID: qwen/qwen3-32b
Facts
- API
- Groq
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mistral-saba-24b- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- July 30, 2025
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Groq's own pages
Questions
When does mistral-saba-24b shut down?
Calls to the model mistral-saba-24b on Groq stopped working on July 30, 2025.
What happens to calls after July 30, 2025?
They have failed since July 30, 2025.
What error does mistral-saba-24b return once it is shut down?
Groq answers HTTP 404: "The model `mistral-saba-24b` 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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