# meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e

Calls to the model meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e on Together AI stopped working on July 29, 2026.

Requests to model meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e fail since July 29, 2026. Together AI retired the model on api.together.xyz on that day. Any API calls still targeting this identifier are no longer served.

## What to use instead

The initially suggested replacement, meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct, stopped working on February 6, 2026. No replacement that holds is named yet.

- API: Together AI (api.together.xyz)
- Model: meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: July 29, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e`
- Source: [Deprecations page](https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against Together AI's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/together-ai/meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e/

## Together AI's words

> Removal date: 2026-07-29; Model: meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E; Suggested replacement: meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct

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