llama-guard-3-8b retirement date and replacement

Name: llama-guard-3-8b retires (Groq API)
Start: 2025-06-06
End: 2025-06-06

Groq API · Model · retired Jun 6, 2025 (retired)Unverified

Dates

Checked Nov 9, 2026 on Groq's page

Retired	Jun 6, 2025 (retired)
Replacement	meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b
Identifier	meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b
What it is	llama-guard-3-8b shut down on Groq API.
Source	console.groq.com/docs/deprecations

Groq APIModelUnverified

Shut down on Groq API.

retiredJul 14, 2025