# meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct

Calls to the model meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct on Nebius stopped working on August 31, 2026.

On August 31, 2026, Nebius retired model meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct. Requests using this model identifier fail since that date.

## What to use instead

Move to nvidia/Nemotron-3_5-Lightning, which is recommended by Nebius.

- API: Nebius (api.studio.nebius.ai)
- Model: meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct
- Released: December 6, 2024 (models.dev)
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: August 31, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct`
- Source: [Model notices](https://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/llms.txt#deprecation)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against Nebius's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/nebius/meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct/

## Nebius's words

> Deprecating Model: meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct; Recommended Replacement: nvidia/Nemotron-3_5-Lightning

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