ibm/granite-8b-code-instruct — Withdrawn — shutdown 8 August 2026

For ibm/granite-8b-code-instruct, provider is IBM watsonx.ai; lifecycle status is Withdrawn; deprecation announced is 8 May 2026; shutdown / retirement date is 8 August 2026; recommended replacement is granite-8b-code-instruct on Deploy on demand; platform / deployment scope is watsonx.ai multitenant deployment (Dallas, Sydney, AWS Mumbai data centers), recorded from its source on 2026-09-16.

Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.

What the source says

granite-8b-code-instruct (Dallas, Sydney, AWS Mumbai data centers) ibm/granite-8b-code-instruct | 13 February 2025 | 8 May 2026 | 8 August 2026 | granite-8b-code-instruct on Deploy on demand |

— ibm.com, retrieved 2026-09-16

Where each value comes from

The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.

— all from ibm.com, retrieved 2026-09-16

Source

• ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/saas?topic=models-foundation-model-lifecycle

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