---
title: "qwen/qwen3.6-27b shut down on Groq: 2026-09-14 | Harbyn"
description: "qwen/qwen3.6-27b shut down on Groq, effective Sep 14, 2026; replacement: qwen/qwen3.8-27b."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/groq/2026-09-14-qwen-qwen3-6-27b-shutdown"
last-updated: 2026-09-29
---

# qwen/qwen3.6-27b shut down on Groq

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/groq/2026-09-14-qwen-qwen3-6-27b-shutdown>.

Retirement - Groq. high severity. In effect. History: recorded after the fact.

Groq shut down qwen/qwen3.6-27b on September 14, 2026 for free and developer-tier usage; the recommended replacement is qwen/qwen3.8-27b, its direct successor with the same 131K context window. Enterprise customers with a committed-spend contract are not affected.

The deadline passed on Sep 14, 2026.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [Groq](https://harbyn.com/vendors/groq.md) |
| Kind | Retirement |
| Severity | high |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Effective | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Lead time | Recorded after the fact: added 15 days after the deadline |
| Model IDs | `qwen/qwen3.6-27b` |
| Replacement | `qwen/qwen3.8-27b` |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

The scanner reads your repository on your machine and reports every file and line that uses the identifiers above, with the replacement. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations> (deprecations, fetched 2026-09-29 02:31 UTC, sha256 `bb7fc0ad0ef0343e153408e3bc2ee0392700cae38316c1883a3a4f890d20763c`)

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