Meta-Llama-3.1-8B — Retired — shutdown 2026-06-13
For Meta-Llama-3.1-8B, 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 2026-10-13.
- Provider
- Microsoft Azure / Foundry our reading
- Model ID / API name
- Meta-Llama-3.1-8B verified
- Human-readable model name
- Meta-Llama-3.1-8B verified
- Lifecycle status
- Retired verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2026-06-13 verified
- Platform / deployment scope
- Azure / Microsoft Foundry our reading
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 | — | 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 | — | | Meta-Llama-3.1-8B | — | Retired | 2026-06-13 | — |
— all from learn.microsoft.com, retrieved 2026-08-28
Source
- learn.microsoft.comhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
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