llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct — Deprecated or End-of-Life — sources disagree
For llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct, provider is Cerebras; lifecycle status is disputed: Deprecated per inference-docs.cerebras.ai, Deprecated per docs.sambanova.ai, End-of-Life per console.groq.com; deprecation announced is disputed: 2025-10-15 per inference-docs.cerebras.ai, June 9, 2026 per docs.sambanova.ai, February 20, 2026 per console.groq.com; recommended replacement is disputed: GPT OSS 120B or Llama 3.3 70B per inference-docs.cerebras.ai, gemma-4-31B-it per docs.sambanova.ai, openai/gpt-oss-120b per console.groq.com; platform / deployment scope is Cerebras Inference API, recorded from its source on 2026-09-09; source re-checked 2026-11-11.
- Provider
- Cerebras our reading
- SambaNova per docs.sambanova.ai
- Groq per console.groq.com
- Model ID / API name
- llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct verified
- Lifecycle status
- Deprecated sources disagree
- Deprecation announced
- 2025-10-15 sources disagree
- Recommended replacement
- GPT OSS 120B or Llama 3.3 70B sources disagree
- Platform / deployment scope
- Cerebras Inference API our reading
- SambaNova SambaCloud per docs.sambanova.ai
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 6/9/2026 per docs.sambanova.ai
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
2025-10-15 Deprecated llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct We recommend migrating to GPT OSS 120B or Llama 3.3 70B.
— inference-docs.cerebras.ai, retrieved 2026-09-09
Sources disagree
More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from — deciding between them is yours, not ours.
Lifecycle status
inference-docs.cerebras.ai says lifecycle status is Deprecated, as of 2026-09-09.
2025-10-15 Deprecated llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct We recommend migrating to GPT OSS 120B or Llama 3.3 70B.
https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/support/deprecation
docs.sambanova.ai says lifecycle status is Deprecated, as of 2026-09-15.
| `Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct` | 6/9/2026 | `gemma-4-31B-it` |
https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
console.groq.com says lifecycle status is End-of-Life, as of 2026-09-21.
| meta-llama/llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct | 03/09/26 | openai/gpt-oss-120b |
https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations.md
Deprecation announced
inference-docs.cerebras.ai says deprecation announced is 2025-10-15, as of 2026-09-09.
2025-10-15 Deprecated llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct We recommend migrating to GPT OSS 120B or Llama 3.3 70B.
https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/support/deprecation
docs.sambanova.ai says deprecation announced is June 9, 2026, as of 2026-09-15.
| `Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct` | 6/9/2026 | `gemma-4-31B-it` |
https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
console.groq.com says deprecation announced is February 20, 2026, as of 2026-09-21.
| meta-llama/llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct | 03/09/26 | openai/gpt-oss-120b |
https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations.md
Recommended replacement
inference-docs.cerebras.ai says recommended replacement is GPT OSS 120B or Llama 3.3 70B, as of 2026-09-09.
2025-10-15 Deprecated llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct We recommend migrating to GPT OSS 120B or Llama 3.3 70B.
https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/support/deprecation
docs.sambanova.ai says recommended replacement is gemma-4-31B-it, as of 2026-09-15.
| `Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct` | 6/9/2026 | `gemma-4-31B-it` |
https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
console.groq.com says recommended replacement is openai/gpt-oss-120b, as of 2026-09-21.
| meta-llama/llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct | 03/09/26 | openai/gpt-oss-120b |
Where the other sources' values come from
These values were taken from a passage elsewhere on the other source's page, not from the row quoted with it above.
Lifecycle status
This document outlines the deprecation process, provides guidance on migration, and maintains a historical record of deprecated models with their recommended alternatives.
— docs.sambanova.ai, retrieved 2026-09-15
Deprecation announced
On June 9, 2026, SambaNova notified users of the following Preview model deprecations.
— docs.sambanova.ai, retrieved 2026-09-15
Deprecation announced
In line with our commitment to bringing you cutting-edge models, on February 20, 2026, we emailed users to announce the deprecation of `meta-llama/llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct` in favor of `openai/gpt-oss-120b`
— console.groq.com, retrieved 2026-09-21
Sources
- inference-docs.cerebras.aihttps://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/support/deprecation
- docs.sambanova.aihttps://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
- docs.sambanova.aihttps://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations
- console.groq.comhttps://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations.md
- console.groq.comhttps://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations