llama-3.1-8b-instant shut down on 2026-08-16 per Groq's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-26). The official replacement is openai/gpt-oss-20b. The published context window changes from 131,072 tokens on llama-3.1-8b-instant to 131,072 tokens on openai/gpt-oss-20b.
retired
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| Announced | 2026-06-17 |
|---|---|
| Deprecated | Not published |
| Shutdown | 2026-08-16 |
| Kind | exact |
| Region | This deprecation applies to free and developer-tier usage; enterprise customers with a committed-spend contract are not affected. The models page still lists this id under Production Models. The models page prints Enterprise next to this id. |
This deprecation applies to free and developer-tier usage; enterprise customers with a committed-spend contract are not affected. The models page still lists this id under Production Models. The models page prints Enterprise next to this id.
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| Input price / 1M | Not published |
|---|---|
| Output price / 1M | Not published |
| Cached input / 1M | Not published |
| Context window | 131,072 · source, checked 2026-10-26 |
| Max output | 131,072 · source, checked 2026-10-26 |
| Reasoning | Not published |
| Vision | Not published |
| Tools | Not published |
llama-3.1-8b-instant shut down on 2026-08-16 per Groq's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-26). The official replacement is openai/gpt-oss-20b. The published context window changes from 131,072 tokens on llama-3.1-8b-instant to 131,072 tokens on openai/gpt-oss-20b.
The official replacement is openai/gpt-oss-20b.
llama-3.1-8b-instant status is retired.
llama-3.1-8b-instant | 2026-08-16 | openai/gpt-oss-20b
llama-3.1-8b-instant | production | context 131072