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Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct retired 2026-06-13

Microsoft retired Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct on Azure AI Foundry on 2026-06-13, part of a serverless retirement wave that also affected Meta-Llama-3.1-405B and 8B-Instruct. The model, released 2024-07-23, was delisted from models.dev's Azure catalog in August 2026. Developers are advised to check their code for usage and prepare for migration.

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Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct retired 2026-06-13
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MF✕ Retired

Microsoft · meta-llama-3.1-70b-instruct Retired on Azure AI Foundry (azure-hosted deployment). Same Azure serverless retirement wave as Meta-Llama-3.1-405B/8B-Instruct (doc: Retired 2026-06-13). Delisted from models.dev's azure catalog 2026-08.

[Provider statement →](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-ai-docs/main/articles/ai-foundry/openai/includes/retirement/models.md)Released2024-07-23

Retires2026-06-132mo ago

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[provider announcement →](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-ai-docs/main/articles/ai-foundry/openai/includes/retirement/models.md)

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