Model Retirement Dates (Dedicated Mode)

The following tables list the release dates and the dedicated mode retirement dates for OCI Generative AI pretrained models.

Important

If you need a dedicated serving mode model to stay alive longer than the retirement date, create a support ticket.

Chat Models

Review the dedicated mode retirement dates for the following chat models.


Model	Release Date	Dedicated Mode Retirement Date	Suggested Replacement Options
`cohere.command-a-03-2025`	2025-05-14	At least 6 months after the release of the 1^st replacement model.	Tentative
`cohere.rerank.3-5`	2025-05-14	At least 6 months after the release of the 1^st replacement model.	Tentative
`cohere.command-r-08-2024`	2024-11-14	At least 6 months after the release of the 1^st replacement model.	Tentative
`cohere.command-r-plus-08-2024`	2024-11-14	At least 6 months after the release of the 1^st replacement model.	Tentative
`cohere.command-r-plus`	2024-06-18	`2025-08-07`	`cohere.command-r-plus-08-2024`
`cohere.command-r-16k`	2024-06-04	`2025-08-07`	`cohere.command-r-08-2024`
`cohere.command`	2024-02-07	`2025-08-07`	`cohere.command-r-08-2024` `cohere.command-r-plus-08-2024`
`cohere.command-light`	2024-02-07	`2025-08-07`	`cohere.command-r-08-2024`


Model	Release Date	Dedicated Mode Retirement Date	Suggested Replacement Options
`meta.llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct-fp8`	2025-05-14	At least 6 months after the release of the 1^st replacement model.	Tentative
`meta.llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct`	2025-05-14	At least 6 months after the release of the 1^st replacement model.	Tentative
`meta.llama-3.3-70b-instruct`	2025-02-07	At least one month after the release of the 1^st replacement model.	`meta.llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct-fp8` `meta.llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct`
`meta.llama-3.2-11b-vision-instruct`	2024-11-14	At least 6 months after the release of the 1^st replacement model.	`meta.llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct-fp8` `meta.llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct`
`meta.llama-3.2-90b-vision-instruct`	2024-11-14	At least 6 months after the release of the 1^st replacement model.	`meta.llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct-fp8` `meta.llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct`
`meta.llama-3.1-405b-instruct`	2024-09-19	At least 6 months after the release of the 1^st replacement model.	Tentative
`meta.llama-3.1-70b-instruct`	2024-09-19	`2025-08-07`	`meta.llama-3.3-70b-instruct` `meta.llama-3.1-405b-instruct`3
`meta.llama-3-70b-instruct`	2024-06-04	`2025-08-07`	`meta.llama-3.1-70b-instruct` `meta.llama-3.1-405b-instruct`
`meta.llama-2-70b-chat`	2024-01-22	`2025-03-07`	`meta.llama-3.1-70b-instruct` `meta.llama-3.1-405b-instruct`

Review the dedicated-mode retirement dates for the following embed models.


Model	Release Date	Dedicated Mode Retirement Date	Suggested Replacement Options
`cohere.embed-v4.0`	2025-07-03	At least 6 months after the release of the 1^st replacement model.	Tentative
`cohere.embed-english-image-v3.0`	2025-05-14	`2026-01-22`	`cohere.embed-v4.0`
`cohere.embed-multilingual-image-v3.0`	2025-05-14	`2026-01-22`	`cohere.embed-v4.0`
`cohere.embed-english-light-image-v3.0`	2025-05-14	`2026-01-22`	`cohere.embed-v4.0`
`cohere.embed-multilingual-light-image-v3.0`	2025-05-14	`2026-01-22`	`cohere.embed-v4.0`
`cohere.embed-english-v3.0`	2024-02-07	`2026-01-22`	`cohere.embed-v4.0`
`cohere.embed-multilingual-v3.0`	2024-02-07	`2026-01-22`	`cohere.embed-v4.0`
`cohere.embed-english-light-v3.0`	2024-02-07	`2026-01-22`	`cohere.embed-v4.0`
`cohere.embed-multilingual-light-v3.0`	2024-02-07	`2026-01-22`	`cohere.embed-v4.0`

Review the dedicated mode retirement dates for the Cohere Rerank 3.5 model.


Model	Release Date	Dedicated Mode Retirement Date	Suggested Replacement Options
`cohere.rerank.3-5`	2025-05-14	At least 6 months after the release of the 1^st replacement model.	Tentative