AI Model Watch
Models / Alibaba

Qwen3-235B-A22B (open weights)

Deprecated

Representative OPEN-WEIGHT flagship from the Qwen3 family (released Apr 2025, Apache-2.0 license, weights on Hugging Face/ModelScope). Its HOSTED Model Studio endpoint is scheduled for RETIREMENT 2026-10-10 00:00:00 (UTC+08) -> replacement qwen3.7-plus, per Alibaba service notice id=1949 ("Notice of Retirement for Selected Legacy Snapshot Models", published 2026-06-08), whose table names qwen3-235b-a22b alongside qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507 and -thinking-2507. The open weights themselves remain downloadable regardless of the hosted-API retirement. CORRECTED 2026-09-08: this row previously asserted a "deprecation date July 8, 2026 shared with that table" and left retires_on null. No first-party Alibaba surface carries a July 8 date, and the notice has stated 2026-10-10 since 2026-06-08 — our error, not a provider change, so no changelog event. The citation moved off https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/model-depreciation because that hub stopped naming individual models in its 2026-08-25 revision: the per-model list now lives only inside the linked notices, and there as a table IMAGE rather than as text. deprecated_on is left null on purpose — Alibaba publishes a retirement date for this batch, not a separate dated deprecation announcement. Included to flag open-weight status; many sibling open-weight variants exist (qwen3-8b/14b/32b, qwen3-30b-a3b, qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507/-thinking-2507, qwen3-next-80b-a3b, qwen3-vl-*), most of them in the same notice.

Qwen3-235B-A22B (open weights) by Alibaba is tracked live in our LLM catalog. It is deprecated, shutting down 10 Oct 2026; the recommended replacement is Qwen3.7-Plus. Its weights are publicly downloadable, so it can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure.

Last verified: 26 Sep 2026 · sourced from official provider documentation

Retires on 10 Oct 2026

Lifecycle warning

This model is deprecated. Recommended migration: Qwen3.7-Plus.

Read the Qwen3-235B-A22B (open weights) migration guide → replacement & cheapest alternatives

Provider
Alibaba
Status
Deprecated
Input price
—
Output price
—
Cached input
—
Blended price
—
Context window
—
Max output
—
Modality
text
Open weights
Yes — self-hostable
Knowledge cutoff
—
Released
28 Apr 2025
API string
qwen3-235b-a22b

Source: Alibaba official documentation ↗

See also

Explore more

All Alibaba models→

Prices, context windows and lifecycle status for every Alibaba model we track.

Compare models head-to-head→

Side-by-side price, context and status for the models developers weigh against each other.

FAQ

Qwen3-235B-A22B (open weights) — questions & answers

Is Qwen3-235B-A22B (open weights) being deprecated or retired?

Qwen3-235B-A22B (open weights) is deprecated. Its scheduled shutdown date is 10 Oct 2026. The recommended migration is Qwen3.7-Plus.

Does Qwen3-235B-A22B (open weights) support image or vision input?

Our catalog lists Qwen3-235B-A22B (open weights)'s modalities as text; image/vision input is not among them.

Can I self-host Qwen3-235B-A22B (open weights)?

Yes — Qwen3-235B-A22B (open weights) is an open-weight model: its weights are publicly downloadable, so you can run it on your own infrastructure (subject to its license) instead of only calling Alibaba's API.

What is the API model string for Qwen3-235B-A22B (open weights)?

The API model identifier for Qwen3-235B-A22B (open weights) is "qwen3-235b-a22b" when calling Alibaba's API.