# llama-guard-3-8b — End-of-Life — shutdown 06/06/25

For llama-guard-3-8b, provider is Groq; lifecycle status is End-of-Life; deprecation announced is May 9, 2025; shutdown / retirement date is 06/06/25; recommended replacement is meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b, recorded from its source on 2026-09-09.

- **Provider:** Groq _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Model ID / API name:** llama-guard-3-8b _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** End-of-Life
- **Deprecation announced:** May 9, 2025 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** 06/06/25 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> June 6, 2025: Llama Guard 3 In line with our commitment to bringing you cutting-edge models, on May 9, 2025, we emailed users to announce the deprecation of llama-guard-3-8b in favor of meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b. The new Llama Guard 4 model delivers exceptional multimodal performance, enabling your applications to harness state-of-the-art AI content moderation with unparalleled speed on our platform. Deprecated Model | Shutdown Date | Recommended Replacement Model ID | llama-guard-3-8b | 06/06/25 | meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b |

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Deprecation announced

> In line with our commitment to bringing you cutting-edge models, on May 9, 2025, we emailed users to announce the deprecation of llama-guard-3-8b in favor of meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b. The new Llama Guard 4 model delivers exceptional multimodal performance, enabling your applications to harness state-of-the-art AI content moderation with unparalleled speed on our platform.

## Source

- https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations

Last verified: 2026-09-09. Review by: 2026-10-09.
Part of [AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider](https://referencesource.org/ai-model-deprecation-and-retirement/).