# qwen-3-235b-a22b — Deprecated

For qwen-3-235b-a22b, provider is Cerebras; lifecycle status is Deprecated; deprecation announced is 2025-07-29; recommended replacement is Qwen 3 235B Instruct or Qwen 3 235B Thinking; 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 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** Deprecated _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deprecation announced:** 2025-07-29 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** Qwen 3 235B Instruct or Qwen 3 235B Thinking _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Platform / deployment scope:** Cerebras Inference API _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 2025-07-29 Deprecated qwen-3-235b-a22b We recommend migrating to either Qwen 3 235B Instruct or Qwen 3 235B Thinking .

## Source

- https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/support/deprecation

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/).