Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct — Retired — shutdown 2026-06-13
For Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct, provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry; lifecycle status is Retired; shutdown / retirement date is 2026-06-13; platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-09-16.
- Provider
- Microsoft Azure / Foundry our reading
- Model ID / API name
- Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct verified
- Human-readable model name
- Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct verified
- Lifecycle status
- Retired verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2026-06-13 verified
- Platform / deployment scope
- Azure / Microsoft Foundry our reading
- Deprecation announced
- March 31, 2026 per docs.sambanova.ai
- Recommended replacement
- 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-3.1-8B-Instruct | — | Retired | 2026-06-13 | — |
— raw.githubusercontent.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.
Provider
raw.githubusercontent.com says provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry, as of 2026-08-28.
| Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | — | Retired | 2026-06-13 | — |
docs.sambanova.ai says provider is SambaNova, as of 2026-09-15.
| `Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct` | 4/14/2026 | `Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct` |
https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
Lifecycle status
raw.githubusercontent.com says lifecycle status is Retired, as of 2026-08-28.
| Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | — | Retired | 2026-06-13 | — |
docs.sambanova.ai says lifecycle status is Deprecated, as of 2026-09-15.
| `Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct` | 4/14/2026 | `Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct` |
https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
Shutdown / retirement date
raw.githubusercontent.com says shutdown / retirement date is 2026-06-13, as of 2026-08-28.
| Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | — | Retired | 2026-06-13 | — |
docs.sambanova.ai says shutdown / retirement date is 4/14/2026, as of 2026-09-15.
| `Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct` | 4/14/2026 | `Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct` |
https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
Platform / deployment scope
raw.githubusercontent.com says platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry, as of 2026-08-28.
| Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | — | Retired | 2026-06-13 | — |
docs.sambanova.ai says platform / deployment scope is SambaNova SambaCloud, as of 2026-09-15.
| `Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct` | 4/14/2026 | `Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct` |
Sources
- raw.githubusercontent.comhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-ai-docs/main/articles/foundry/openai/includes/concepts-model-retirement-schedule-content.md
- learn.microsoft.comhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
- docs.sambanova.aihttps://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md