# qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct

Calls to the model qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct on Together AI stopped working on April 16, 2026.

On April 16, 2026, Together AI retired model qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct. Calls targeting this model fail since that date. The retirement affects requests made to api.together.xyz using this identifier.

## What to use instead

Move to Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B, which is recommended by Together AI.

- API: Together AI (api.together.xyz)
- Model: qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct
- Released: October 14, 2025 (models.dev)
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: April 16, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-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/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct/

## Together AI's words

> Removal date: 2026-04-16; Model: Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct; Supported by on-demand dedicated endpoints: Yes

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