# qwen/qwen2.5-72b-instruct

Calls to the model qwen/qwen2.5-72b-instruct on Together AI stopped working on July 29, 2026.

Requests to model qwen/qwen2.5-72b-instruct fail since July 29, 2026. Together AI retired the model on api.together.xyz on that date, and any calls using this identifier no longer succeed.

## What to use instead

Move to meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Reference, recommended by Together AI.

- API: Together AI (api.together.xyz)
- Model: qwen/qwen2.5-72b-instruct
- Released: September 18, 2024 (models.dev)
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: July 29, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model qwen/qwen2.5-72b-instruct`
- 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/qwen/qwen2.5-72b-instruct/

## Together AI's words

> Removal date: 2026-07-29; Model: Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct; Suggested replacement: meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Reference

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