meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b — End-of-Life — shutdown 03/05/26
For meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b, provider is Groq; lifecycle status is End-of-Life; deprecation announced is February 10, 2026; shutdown / retirement date is 03/05/26; recommended replacement is openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b, recorded from its source on 2026-09-09.
- Provider
- Groq our reading
- Model ID / API name
- meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b verified
- Lifecycle status
- End-of-Life
- Deprecation announced
- February 10, 2026 verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 03/05/26 verified
- Recommended replacement
- openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b verified
- Platform / deployment scope
- 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
March 5, 2026: meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b In line with our commitment to bringing you cutting-edge models, on February 10, 2026, we emailed users to announce the deprecation of meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b in favor of openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b. The new GPT-OSS-Safeguard model delivers policy-following reasoning capabilities for Trust & Safety workflows, enabling customizable content moderation with bring-your-own-policy support. Deprecated Model | Shutdown Date | Recommended Replacement Model ID | meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b | 03/05/26 | openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b |
— console.groq.com, retrieved 2026-09-09
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.
Deprecation announced
In line with our commitment to bringing you cutting-edge models, on February 10, 2026, we emailed users to announce the deprecation of meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b in favor of openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b. The new GPT-OSS-Safeguard model delivers policy-following reasoning capabilities for Trust & Safety workflows, enabling customizable content moderation with bring-your-own-policy support.
— all from console.groq.com, retrieved 2026-09-09
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
console.groq.com says provider is Groq, as of 2026-09-09.
March 5, 2026: meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b In line with our commitment to bringing you cutting-edge models, on February 10, 2026, we emailed users to announce the deprecation of meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b in favor of openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b. The new GPT-OSS-Safeguard model delivers policy-following reasoning capabilities for Trust & Safety workflows, enabling customizable content moderation with bring-your-own-policy support. Deprecated Model | Shutdown Date | Recommended Replacement Model ID | meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b | 03/05/26 | openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b |
https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations
docs.together.ai says provider is Together AI, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2026-08-25 | `meta-llama/Llama-Guard-4-12B` | No |
https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
Lifecycle status
console.groq.com says lifecycle status is End-of-Life, as of 2026-09-09.
March 5, 2026: meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b In line with our commitment to bringing you cutting-edge models, on February 10, 2026, we emailed users to announce the deprecation of meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b in favor of openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b. The new GPT-OSS-Safeguard model delivers policy-following reasoning capabilities for Trust & Safety workflows, enabling customizable content moderation with bring-your-own-policy support. Deprecated Model | Shutdown Date | Recommended Replacement Model ID | meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b | 03/05/26 | openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b |
https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations
docs.together.ai says lifecycle status is Removed, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2026-08-25 | `meta-llama/Llama-Guard-4-12B` | No |
https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
Shutdown / retirement date
console.groq.com says shutdown / retirement date is 03/05/26, as of 2026-09-09.
March 5, 2026: meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b In line with our commitment to bringing you cutting-edge models, on February 10, 2026, we emailed users to announce the deprecation of meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b in favor of openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b. The new GPT-OSS-Safeguard model delivers policy-following reasoning capabilities for Trust & Safety workflows, enabling customizable content moderation with bring-your-own-policy support. Deprecated Model | Shutdown Date | Recommended Replacement Model ID | meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b | 03/05/26 | openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b |
https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations
docs.together.ai says shutdown / retirement date is 2026-08-25, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2026-08-25 | `meta-llama/Llama-Guard-4-12B` | No |
Sources
- console.groq.comhttps://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations
- docs.together.aihttps://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md