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Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) deprecated, retires 2026-10-10 → Qwen3.7 Plus

Alibaba Model Studio has deprecated Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking), with the model set to retire on 2026-10-10 under the provider's deprecation policy. The model, listed at $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $6 per 1M output tokens with a 131k context window and 33k max output, is being replaced by Qwen3.7 Plus. Developers whose code calls the qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking endpoint must migrate before the retirement date.

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Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) deprecated, retires 2026-10-10 → Qwen3.7 Plus
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Alibaba (Qwen) · qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking Alibaba Model Studio deprecation policy: retires 2026-10-10.

Provider statement → qwentext131k context33k max out$0.50 / $6 per 1M

also matches:

`qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking`` alibaba/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking`
[provider announcement →](https://models.dev/alibaba/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking)

Does your code call Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking)?

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