# 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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Model ID / API name:** qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** Deprecated _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deprecation announced:** 2026-05-27 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** GPT OSS 120B _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Platform / deployment scope:** Cerebras Inference API _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** 4/6/2026 _(per docs.sambanova.ai, not stated by the source above)_

## 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 .

## 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.

### 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 .

Source: 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`          |

Source: 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 .

Source: 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`          |

Source: 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 .

Source: 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`          |

Source: 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 .

Source: 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`          |

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


## Source

- https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/support/deprecation
- https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md

Last verified: 2026-09-09. Review by: 2026-10-09.
Part of [AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider](https://referencesource.org/ai-model-deprecation-and-retirement/).