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SambaNova Cloud e5-mistral-7b-instruct model retirement

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On April 6, 2026, SambaNova Cloud retired model e5-mistral-7b-instruct. Calls targeting this model fail since that date. The removal affects all requests using model e5-mistral-7b-instruct on api.sambanova.ai.


What to use instead of e5-mistral-7b-instruct

SambaNova recommends migrating to SambaStack as the replacement.

In SambaNova Cloud's words

Model ID: E5-Mistral-7B-Instruct; Removal date: 4/6/2026; Recommended replacement: SambaStack

SambaNova Cloud, Deprecations page

Facts

API
SambaNova Cloud api.sambanova.ai
Model
e5-mistral-7b-instruct
Released
December 11, 2023 (models.dev)
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
April 6, 2026
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against SambaNova Cloud's own pages

Questions

When does e5-mistral-7b-instruct shut down?

Calls to the model e5-mistral-7b-instruct on SambaNova Cloud stopped working on April 6, 2026.

What happens to calls after April 6, 2026?

They have failed since April 6, 2026.

When was e5-mistral-7b-instruct released?

e5-mistral-7b-instruct was released on December 11, 2023, according to models.dev.

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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