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qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507 — Deprecated

For qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507, provider is Cerebras; lifecycle status is Deprecated; deprecation announced is 2026-05-27; recommended replacement is GPT OSS 120B; platform / deployment scope is Cerebras Inference API, recorded from its source on 2026-09-09.

Provider
Cerebras our reading
Model ID / API name
qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507 verified
Lifecycle status
Deprecated verified
Deprecation announced
2026-05-27 verified
Recommended replacement
GPT OSS 120B verified
Platform / deployment scope
Cerebras Inference API our reading
Shutdown / retirement date
4/6/2026 per docs.sambanova.ai
Sourceinference-docs.cerebras.ai
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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

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Provider

inference-docs.cerebras.ai says provider is Cerebras, 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 provider is SambaNova, 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

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` |

https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md

Platform / deployment scope

inference-docs.cerebras.ai says platform / deployment scope is Cerebras Inference API, 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 platform / deployment scope is SambaNova SambaCloud, 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

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