llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct — Deprecated or End-of-Life or Removed — sources disagree
For llama-4-scout-17b-16e-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, 1 more; deprecation announced is disputed: 2025-11-03 per inference-docs.cerebras.ai, June 11, 2025 per docs.sambanova.ai, June 17, 2026 per console.groq.com; recommended replacement is disputed: GPT OSS 120B or Llama 3.3 70B per inference-docs.cerebras.ai, Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct per docs.sambanova.ai, openai/gpt-oss-120b or qwen/qwen3.6-27b 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
- Together AI per docs.together.ai
- Model ID / API name
- llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct verified
- Lifecycle status
- Deprecated sources disagree
- Deprecation announced
- 2025-11-03 sources disagree
- Recommended replacement
- GPT OSS 120B or Llama 3.3 70B sources disagree
- Platform / deployment scope
- Cerebras Inference API our reading
- SambaNova SambaCloud (model remains available on SambaStack) per docs.sambanova.ai
- Free and developer-tier usage — enterprise customers with a committed-spend contract are not affected per console.groq.com
- Together AI serverless inference per docs.together.ai
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 6/19/2025 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
2025-11-03 Deprecated llama-4-scout-17b-16e-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.
2025-11-03 Deprecated llama-4-scout-17b-16e-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-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct` | 6/19/2025 | `Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct` |
https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
console.groq.com says lifecycle status is End-of-Life, as of 2026-09-09.
| meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct | 07/17/26 | openai/gpt-oss-120b or qwen/qwen3.6-27b |
https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations.md
docs.together.ai says lifecycle status is Removed, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2026-02-06 | `meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct` | Yes |
https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
Deprecation announced
inference-docs.cerebras.ai says deprecation announced is 2025-11-03, as of 2026-09-09.
2025-11-03 Deprecated llama-4-scout-17b-16e-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 11, 2025, as of 2026-09-15.
| `Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct` | 6/19/2025 | `Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct` |
https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
console.groq.com says deprecation announced is June 17, 2026, as of 2026-09-09.
| meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct | 07/17/26 | openai/gpt-oss-120b or qwen/qwen3.6-27b |
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.
2025-11-03 Deprecated llama-4-scout-17b-16e-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 Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct, as of 2026-09-15.
| `Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct` | 6/19/2025 | `Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct` |
https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
console.groq.com says recommended replacement is openai/gpt-oss-120b or qwen/qwen3.6-27b, as of 2026-09-09.
| meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct | 07/17/26 | openai/gpt-oss-120b or qwen/qwen3.6-27b |
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
Models that are being deprecated and moved to **SambaStack only**:
— docs.sambanova.ai, retrieved 2026-09-15
Deprecation announced
On June 11, 2025, SambaNova notified users of the following model deprecations and category changes, which were moved from Production to Preview.
— docs.sambanova.ai, retrieved 2026-09-15
Deprecation announced
In line with our commitment to bringing you cutting-edge models, on June 17, 2026, we emailed users to announce the deprecation of `qwen/qwen3-32b` and `meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct`
— console.groq.com, retrieved 2026-09-09
Platform / deployment scope
This deprecation applies to free and developer-tier usage; enterprise customers with a committed-spend contract are not affected.
— console.groq.com, retrieved 2026-09-09
Lifecycle status
The table below lists all models removed from serverless inference, most recent first.
— docs.together.ai, retrieved 2026-09-15
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
- docs.together.aihttps://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
- docs.together.aihttps://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations