# qwen/qwen3.6-27b — End-of-Life — shutdown 09/14/26

For qwen/qwen3.6-27b, provider is Groq; lifecycle status is End-of-Life; shutdown / retirement date is 09/14/26; recommended replacement is qwen/qwen3.8-27b; platform / deployment scope is Free and developer-tier usage — enterprise customers with a committed-spend contract are not affected, recorded from its source on 2026-09-22; source re-checked 2026-11-11.

- **Provider:** Groq _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Model ID / API name:** qwen/qwen3.6-27b _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** End-of-Life
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** 09/14/26 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** qwen/qwen3.8-27b _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Platform / deployment scope:** Free and developer-tier usage — enterprise customers with a committed-spend contract are not affected _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> | qwen/qwen3.6-27b | 09/14/26 | qwen/qwen3.8-27b |

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Platform / deployment scope

> This deprecation applies to free and developer-tier usage; enterprise customers with a committed-spend contract are not affected.

## Source

- https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations.md
- https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations

Last verified: 2026-11-11. Review by: 2026-12-11.
Part of [AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider](https://referencesource.org/ai-model-deprecation-and-retirement/).