Meta-Llama-Guard-3-8B — Deprecated or Removed — shutdown 6/25/2025 or 2025-12-23 — sources disagree
For Meta-Llama-Guard-3-8B, provider is SambaNova; lifecycle status is disputed: Deprecated per docs.sambanova.ai, Removed per docs.together.ai; deprecation announced is June 11, 2025; shutdown / retirement date is disputed: 6/25/2025 per docs.sambanova.ai, 2025-12-23 per docs.together.ai; platform / deployment scope is SambaNova SambaCloud (model remains available on SambaStack), recorded from its source on 2026-09-15; source re-checked 2026-11-11.
- Provider
- SambaNova our reading
- Together AI per docs.together.ai
- Model ID / API name
- Meta-Llama-Guard-3-8B verified
- Lifecycle status
- Deprecated sources disagree
- Deprecation announced
- June 11, 2025 verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 6/25/2025 sources disagree
- Platform / deployment scope
- SambaNova SambaCloud (model remains available on SambaStack) our reading
- Together AI serverless inference per docs.together.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-Guard-3-8B` | 6/25/2025 | `N/A` |
— docs.sambanova.ai, retrieved 2026-09-15
Where each value comes from
This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.
Lifecycle status
Models that are being deprecated and moved to **SambaStack only**:
Deprecation announced
On June 11, 2025, SambaNova notified users of the following model deprecations and category changes, which were moved from Production to Preview.
— all from docs.sambanova.ai, retrieved 2026-09-15
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
docs.sambanova.ai says lifecycle status is Deprecated, as of 2026-09-15.
| `Meta-Llama-Guard-3-8B` | 6/25/2025 | `N/A` |
https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
docs.together.ai says lifecycle status is Removed, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2025-12-23 | `meta-llama/Meta-Llama-Guard-3-8B` | No |
https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
Shutdown / retirement date
docs.sambanova.ai says shutdown / retirement date is 6/25/2025, as of 2026-09-15.
| `Meta-Llama-Guard-3-8B` | 6/25/2025 | `N/A` |
https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
docs.together.ai says shutdown / retirement date is 2025-12-23, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2025-12-23 | `meta-llama/Meta-Llama-Guard-3-8B` | No |
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
The table below lists all models removed from serverless inference, most recent first.
— docs.together.ai, retrieved 2026-09-15
Sources
- docs.sambanova.aihttps://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
- docs.sambanova.aihttps://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations
- docs.together.aihttps://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
- docs.together.aihttps://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations