Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct — Retired or Deprecated — shutdown 2026-06-13 or 2026-08-03 or 6/25/2025 — sources disagree
For Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct, provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry; lifecycle status is disputed: Retired per learn.microsoft.com, Retired per docs.oracle.com, Deprecated per docs.sambanova.ai; shutdown / retirement date is disputed: 2026-06-13 per learn.microsoft.com, 2026-08-03 per docs.oracle.com, 6/25/2025 per docs.sambanova.ai; platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-10-13.
- Provider
- Microsoft Azure / Foundry our reading
- Oracle (OCI Generative AI — on-demand mode) per docs.oracle.com
- Oracle (OCI Generative AI — dedicated mode) per docs.oracle.com
- SambaNova per docs.sambanova.ai
- Model ID / API name
- Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct verified
- Human-readable model name
- Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct verified
- Lifecycle status
- Retired sources disagree
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2026-06-13 sources disagree
- Platform / deployment scope
- Azure / Microsoft Foundry our reading
- OCI Generative AI on-demand mode per docs.oracle.com
- OCI Generative AI dedicated mode per docs.oracle.com
- SambaNova SambaCloud (model remains available on SambaStack) per docs.sambanova.ai
- Release date
- 2024-09-19 per docs.oracle.com
- Deprecation announced
- June 11, 2025 per docs.sambanova.ai
- Recommended replacement
- DeepSeek-V3-0324, Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct 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
| Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct | — | Retired | 2026-06-13 | — |
— learn.microsoft.com, retrieved 2026-08-28
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.
Shutdown / retirement date
| Model | Version | Lifecycle | Retirement date | Replacement | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Llama-3.2-11B-Vision-Instruct | — | Retired | 2026-06-13 | — | | Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct | — | Retired | 2026-06-13 | — | | Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct | — | GA | — | — | | Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct | — | Retired | 2026-06-13 | — |
— all from learn.microsoft.com, retrieved 2026-08-28
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
learn.microsoft.com says lifecycle status is Retired, as of 2026-08-28.
| Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct | — | Retired | 2026-06-13 | — |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
docs.oracle.com says lifecycle status is Retired, as of 2026-09-16.
meta.llama-3.1-405b-instruct | 2024-09-19 | 2026-08-03 |
https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/generative-ai/deprecating-on-demand.htm
docs.oracle.com says lifecycle status is Retired, as of 2026-09-16.
meta.llama-3.1-405b-instruct | 2024-09-19 | 2026-08-03 |
https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/generative-ai/deprecating-dedicated.htm
docs.sambanova.ai says lifecycle status is Deprecated, as of 2026-09-15.
Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct | 6/25/2025 | DeepSeek-V3-0324, Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct |
https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations
Shutdown / retirement date
learn.microsoft.com says shutdown / retirement date is 2026-06-13, as of 2026-08-28.
| Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct | — | Retired | 2026-06-13 | — |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
docs.oracle.com says shutdown / retirement date is 2026-08-03, as of 2026-09-16.
meta.llama-3.1-405b-instruct | 2024-09-19 | 2026-08-03 |
https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/generative-ai/deprecating-on-demand.htm
docs.oracle.com says shutdown / retirement date is 2026-08-03, as of 2026-09-16.
meta.llama-3.1-405b-instruct | 2024-09-19 | 2026-08-03 |
https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/generative-ai/deprecating-dedicated.htm
docs.sambanova.ai says shutdown / retirement date is 6/25/2025, as of 2026-09-15.
Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct | 6/25/2025 | DeepSeek-V3-0324, Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct |
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.
Shutdown / retirement date
Model | Release Date | On-Demand Mode Retirement Date | Suggested Replacement Options | cohere.command-r-plus-08-2024 | 2024-11-14 | 2026-07-30 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command-r-08-2024 | 2024-11-14 | 2026-07-30 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command-r-plus | 2024-06-18 | 2025-01-16 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command-r-16k | 2024-06-04 | 2025-01-16 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command | 2024-02-07 | 2024-10-02 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command-light | 2024-02-07 | 2024-10-02 | Cohere Command A | xai.grok-4-1-fast-reasoning | 2026-01-21 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | xai.grok-4-1-fast-non-reasoning | 2026-01-21 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | xai.grok-4-fast-reasoning | 2026-01-21 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | xai.grok-4-fast-non-reasoning | 2025-10-10 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | xai.grok-code-fast-1 | 2025-10-01 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | xai.grok-4 | 2025-07-23 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | xai.grok-3 | 2025-06-25 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | xai.grok-3-mini | 2025-06-25 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | xai.grok-3-fast | 2025-06-25 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | xai.grok-3-mini-fast | 2025-06-25 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | meta.llama-3.2-90b-vision-instruct | 2024-11-14 | 2026-08-03 | Meta Llama 4 Maverick Meta Llama 4 Scout | meta.llama-3.1-405b-instruct | 2024-09-19 | 2026-08-03 | Meta Llama 4 Maverick Meta Llama 4 Scout |
— docs.oracle.com, retrieved 2026-09-16
Shutdown / retirement date
Model | Release Date | Dedicated Mode Retirement Date | Suggested Replacement Options | cohere.command-r-plus-08-2024 | 2024-11-14 | 2026-07-30 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command-r-08-2024 | 2024-11-14 | 2026-07-30 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command-r-plus | 2024-06-18 | 2025-08-07 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command-r-16k | 2024-06-04 | 2025-08-07 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command | 2024-02-07 | 2025-08-07 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command-light | 2024-02-07 | 2025-08-07 | Cohere Command A | meta.llama-3.2-90b-vision-instruct | 2024-11-14 | 2026-08-03 | Meta Llama 4 Maverick Meta Llama 4 Scout | meta.llama-3.2-11b-vision-instruct | 2024-11-14 | 2026-08-03 | Meta Llama 4 Maverick Meta Llama 4 Scout | meta.llama-3.1-405b-instruct | 2024-09-19 | 2026-08-03 | Meta Llama 4 Maverick Meta Llama 4 Scout |
— docs.oracle.com, retrieved 2026-09-16
Lifecycle status
Models that are being deprecated and moved to SambaStack only:
— docs.sambanova.ai, retrieved 2026-09-15
Sources
- learn.microsoft.comhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
- docs.oracle.comhttps://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/generative-ai/deprecating-on-demand.htm
- docs.oracle.comhttps://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/generative-ai/deprecating-dedicated.htm
- docs.sambanova.aihttps://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations