qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507 — Deprecated
For qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507, provider is Cerebras; lifecycle status is Deprecated; deprecation announced is disputed: 2026-05-27 per inference-docs.cerebras.ai, March 31, 2026 per docs.sambanova.ai; recommended replacement is disputed: GPT OSS 120B per inference-docs.cerebras.ai, MiniMax-M2.5 per docs.sambanova.ai; platform / deployment scope is Cerebras Inference API, recorded from its source on 2026-09-09; source re-checked 2026-11-11.
- Provider
- Cerebras our reading
- SambaNova per docs.sambanova.ai
- Model ID / API name
- qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507 verified
- Lifecycle status
- Deprecated verified
- Deprecation announced
- 2026-05-27 sources disagree
- Recommended replacement
- GPT OSS 120B sources disagree
- Platform / deployment scope
- Cerebras Inference API our reading
- SambaNova SambaCloud per docs.sambanova.ai
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 4/6/2026 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
2026-05-27 Deprecated llama3.1-8b and qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507 We recommend migrating to GPT OSS 120B.
— inference-docs.cerebras.ai, 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.
Deprecation announced
inference-docs.cerebras.ai says deprecation announced is 2026-05-27, as of 2026-09-09.
2026-05-27 Deprecated llama3.1-8b and qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507 We recommend migrating to GPT OSS 120B.
https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/support/deprecation
docs.sambanova.ai says deprecation announced is March 31, 2026, as of 2026-09-15.
| `Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507` | 4/6/2026 | `MiniMax-M2.5` |
https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
Recommended replacement
inference-docs.cerebras.ai says recommended replacement is GPT OSS 120B, as of 2026-09-09.
2026-05-27 Deprecated llama3.1-8b and qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507 We recommend migrating to GPT OSS 120B.
https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/support/deprecation
docs.sambanova.ai says recommended replacement is MiniMax-M2.5, as of 2026-09-15.
| `Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507` | 4/6/2026 | `MiniMax-M2.5` |
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
This document outlines the deprecation process, provides guidance on migration, and maintains a historical record of deprecated models with their recommended alternatives.
— docs.sambanova.ai, retrieved 2026-09-15
Deprecation announced
On March 31, 2026, SambaNova notified users of the following model deprecations.
— docs.sambanova.ai, retrieved 2026-09-15
Sources
- inference-docs.cerebras.aihttps://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/support/deprecation
- docs.sambanova.aihttps://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
- docs.sambanova.aihttps://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations