# meta-llama-3.1-70b-instruct

Calls to the model meta-llama-3.1-70b-instruct on SambaNova Cloud stopped working on April 14, 2025.

## What to use instead

Move to Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct, recommended by SambaNova.

- API: SambaNova Cloud (api.sambanova.ai)
- Model: meta-llama-3.1-70b-instruct
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: April 14, 2025
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model meta-llama-3.1-70b-instruct`
- Source: [Deprecations page](https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against SambaNova Cloud's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/sambanova-cloud/meta-llama-3.1-70b-instruct/

## SambaNova Cloud's words

> Model ID: Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct; Removal date: 4/14/2025; Recommended replacement: Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct

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