Analyze, plan, and execute Groq SDK upgrades with breaking change detection.
Use when upgrading Groq SDK versions, detecting deprecations,
or migrating to new API versions.
Trigger with phrases like "upgrade groq", "groq migration",
"groq breaking changes", "update groq SDK", "analyze groq version".
!npm list groq-sdk 2>/dev/null | grep groq-sdk || echo 'groq-sdk not installed'
!pip show groq 2>/dev/null | grep -E "Name|Version" || echo 'groq not installed (python)'
Overview
Guide for upgrading the groq-sdk package and migrating away from deprecated model IDs. Groq regularly deprecates older models in favor of newer, faster alternatives.
Model Deprecation Timeline
Groq announces deprecations with advance notice. These models have been deprecated:
Deprecated Model
Deprecation Date
Replacement
mixtral-8x7b-32768
2025-03-05
llama-3.3-70b-versatile or
llama-3.1-8b-instant
gemma2-9b-it
2025-08-08
llama-3.1-8b-instant
llama-3.1-70b-versatile
2024-12-06
llama-3.3-70b-versatile
llama-3.1-70b-specdec
2024-12-06
llama-3.3-70b-specdec
playai-tts
2025-12-23
Orpheus TTS models
playai-tts-arabic
2025-12-23
Orpheus TTS models
distil-whisper-large-v3-en
—
whisper-large-v3-turbo
Current Model IDs (Use These)
Model ID
Type
Context
Speed
llama-3.1-8b-instant
Text
128K
~560 tok/s
llama-3.3-70b-versatile
Text
128K
~280 tok/s
llama-3.3-70b-specdec
Text
128K
Faster
meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct
Vision+Text
128K
~460 tok/s
meta-llama/llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct
Vision+Text
128K
—
whisper-large-v3
Audio STT
—
164x RT
whisper-large-v3-turbo
Audio STT
—
216x RT
Always verify at: GET https://api.groq.com/openai/v1/models
Instructions
Step 1: Check Current Version and Models
set -euo pipefail
# SDK version
npm list groq-sdk 2>/dev/null
npm view groq-sdk version # latest on npm
# Find all model references in your code
grep -rn "model.*['\"]" src/ --include="*.ts" --include="*.js" | grep -i "groq\|llama\|mixtral\|gemma\|whisper"
Step 2: Upgrade SDK
set -euo pipefail
# Create upgrade branch
git checkout -b chore/upgrade-groq-sdk
# Update to latest
npm install groq-sdk@latest
# Check for breaking changes
npm ls groq-sdk
Step 3: Find and Replace Deprecated Models
// Find-and-replace map for deprecated model IDs
const MODEL_MIGRATIONS: Record<string, string> = {
"mixtral-8x7b-32768": "llama-3.3-70b-versatile",
"gemma2-9b-it": "llama-3.1-8b-instant",
"llama-3.1-70b-versatile": "llama-3.3-70b-versatile",
"llama-3.1-70b-specdec": "llama-3.3-70b-specdec",
"llama3-70b-8192": "llama-3.3-70b-versatile",
"llama3-8b-8192": "llama-3.1-8b-instant",
"distil-whisper-large-v3-en": "whisper-large-v3-turbo",
};
function resolveModel(model: string): string {
if (model in MODEL_MIGRATIONS) {
console.warn(`Model ${model} is deprecated. Using ${MODEL_MIGRATIONS[model]} instead.`);
return MODEL_MIGRATIONS[model];
}
return model;
}