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OpenAI deprecations & changes
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Shutdownft-babbage-002
Fine-tuned ft-babbage-002 is removed on October 23, 2026.
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Shutdownft-davinci-002
Fine-tuned ft-davinci-002 is removed on October 23, 2026.
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Shutdownft-gpt-3.5-turbo
Fine-tuned ft-gpt-3.5-turbo is removed on October 23, 2026.
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Shutdownft-gpt-4
Fine-tuned ft-gpt-4 is removed on October 23, 2026.
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Shutdownft-gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14
Fine-tuned ft-gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14 is removed on October 23, 2026.
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Shutdownft-o4-mini-2025-04-16
Fine-tuned model ft-o4-mini-2025-04-16 is removed on October 23, 2026.
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Shutdowngpt-3.5-turbo-0125
Access to gpt-3.5-turbo-0125 (aliases gpt-3.5-turbo, gpt-3.5-turbo-completions) shuts down on October 23, 2026.
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Shutdowngpt-4-0613
Access to gpt-4-0613 (aliases gpt-4, gpt-4-0613-completions, gpt-4-completions) shuts down on October 23, 2026.
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Shutdowngpt-4-1106-preview
Access to gpt-4-1106-preview shuts down on October 23, 2026.
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Shutdowngpt-4.1-nano
Access to gpt-4.1-nano (incl. gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14) shuts down on October 23, 2026.
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Shutdowngpt-4o-2024-05-13
Access to gpt-4o-2024-05-13 shuts down on October 23, 2026.
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Shutdowngpt-4-turbo
Access to gpt-4-turbo (incl. gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 and completions variant) shuts down on October 23, 2026.
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Shutdowngpt-image-1
Access to gpt-image-1 shuts down on October 23, 2026.
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Shutdowno1-2024-12-17
Access to o1-2024-12-17 (alias o1) shuts down on October 23, 2026.
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Shutdowno1-pro-2025-03-19
Access to o1-pro-2025-03-19 (alias o1-pro) shuts down on October 23, 2026.
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Shutdowno3-mini-2025-01-31
Access to o3-mini-2025-01-31 (alias o3-mini) shuts down on October 23, 2026.
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Shutdowno4-mini-2025-04-16
Access to o4-mini-2025-04-16 (alias o4-mini) shuts down on October 23, 2026.
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Breaking changeExisting evals (Evals platform)
Existing evals become read-only on October 31, 2026 as the Evals platform is deprecated.
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ShutdownAgent Builder shut down
Nov 30, 2026 Agent Builder is scheduled to shut down.
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ShutdownEvals dashboard and API shut down
Nov 30, 2026 The Evals dashboard and API are scheduled to shut down.
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Shutdownv1/prompts API and reusable prompts shut down
Nov 30, 2026 The v1/prompts API and reusable prompt objects are scheduled to shut down.
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Shutdownchatgpt-image-latest
chatgpt-image-latest is removed from the API on December 1, 2026; migrate to gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare.
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Shutdowngpt-image-1.5
gpt-image-1.5 is removed from the API on December 1, 2026; migrate to gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare.
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Shutdowngpt-image-1-mini
gpt-image-1-mini is removed from the API on December 1, 2026; migrate to gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare.
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ShutdownOlder GPT Image models removed
On June 2, 2026, we notified developers using older GPT Image models of their deprecation and removal from the API on December 1, 2026.
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Shutdowngpt-5-2025-08-07
gpt-5-2025-08-07 is removed from the API on December 11, 2026; migrate to gpt-5.6-sol.
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Shutdowngpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 is removed from the API on December 11, 2026; migrate to gpt-5.6-terra.
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Shutdowngpt-5-nano-2025-08-07
gpt-5-nano-2025-08-07 is removed from the API on December 11, 2026; migrate to gpt-5.6-luna.
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Shutdowngpt-5-pro-2025-10-06
gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06 is removed from the API on December 11, 2026; migrate to gpt-5.6-sol with reasoning.mode pro.
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Shutdowno3-2025-04-16
o3-2025-04-16 is removed from the API on December 11, 2026; migrate to gpt-5.6-sol.
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Shutdowno3-pro-2025-06-10
o3-pro-2025-06-10 is removed from the API on December 11, 2026; migrate to gpt-5.6-sol with reasoning.mode pro.
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ShutdownOlder GPT-5 and o3 snapshots removed
On June 11, 2026, we notified developers using older GPT-5 and o3 model snapshots of their deprecation and removal from the API on December 11, 2026.
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Deprecationgpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20
gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20 is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 6, 2027.
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Deprecationgpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15
gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15 is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 6, 2027.
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ShutdownLegacy text-to-speech models removed
The following text-to-speech models are deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 6, 2027, with at least three months’ notice.
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ShutdownNew fine-tuning jobs disabled for legacy fine-tuning
Jan 6, 2027 Active existing customers will no longer be able to create new fine-tuning jobs on this date.
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ShutdownSelf-serve fine-tuning job creation (existing customers)
Active existing customers will no longer be able to create new fine-tuning jobs on January 6, 2027.
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Deprecationtts-1
tts-1 is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 6, 2027.
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Deprecationtts-1-hd
tts-1-hd is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 6, 2027.
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ShutdownCertain GPT-4 series models removed
On October 14, 2026, we notified developers using certain GPT-4 series models of their deprecation and removal from the API on January 14, 2027.
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Deprecationgpt-4.1-2025-04-14
GPT-4.1 snapshot gpt-4.1-2025-04-14 is deprecated and removed from the API on January 14, 2027.
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Deprecationgpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14
GPT-4.1 mini snapshot gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 is deprecated and removed from the API on January 14, 2027.
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Deprecationgpt-4o-2024-08-06
GPT-4o snapshot gpt-4o-2024-08-06 is deprecated and removed from the API on January 14, 2027.
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Deprecationgpt-4o-2024-11-20
GPT-4o snapshot gpt-4o-2024-11-20 is deprecated and removed from the API on January 14, 2027.
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Deprecationgpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18
GPT-4o mini snapshot gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18 is deprecated and removed from the API on January 14, 2027.
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Deprecationgpt-4o-audio
gpt-4o-audio model family is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 20, 2027.
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Deprecationgpt-4o-mini-audio
gpt-4o-mini-audio model family is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 20, 2027.
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Deprecationgpt-4o-mini-realtime
gpt-4o-mini-realtime model family is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 20, 2027.
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Deprecationgpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20
gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20 snapshot is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 20, 2027.
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Deprecationgpt-4o-realtime
gpt-4o-realtime model family is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 20, 2027.
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Deprecationgpt-audio
gpt-audio model family is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 20, 2027.
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Deprecationgpt-audio-mini
gpt-audio-mini model family is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 20, 2027.
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Deprecationgpt-realtime
gpt-realtime model family is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 20, 2027.
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Deprecationgpt-realtime-mini
gpt-realtime-mini model family is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 20, 2027.
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ShutdownLegacy audio/realtime/transcription models removed
On July 20, 2026, we notified developers using legacy audio, realtime, and transcription model families and snapshots of their deprecation and removal from the API on January 20, 2027.
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Deprecationgpt-4o-mini-transcribe
gpt-4o-mini-transcribe is deprecated and will be removed from the API on February 26, 2027.
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Deprecationgpt-4o-transcribe-diarize
gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize is deprecated and will be removed from the API on February 26, 2027.
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Deprecation/v1/audio/translations
/v1/audio/translations endpoint is deprecated and will be removed from the API on February 26, 2027.
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Shutdownwhisper-1 and gpt-4o-transcribe family removed
On August 26, 2026, we notified developers using whisper-1 , gpt-4o-transcribe , gpt-4o-mini-transcribe , and gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize of their deprecation and removal from the API on February 26, 2027.
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ShutdownBatch of models removed (6 months' notice)
The following models are deprecated and will be removed from the API on April 1, 2027, with six months’ notice.
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Deprecationgpt-5.1
gpt-5.1 is deprecated and will be removed from the API on April 1, 2027.
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Deprecationgpt-5.3-codex
gpt-5.3-codex is deprecated and will be removed from the API on April 1, 2027.
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Deprecationgpt-5.4-nano
gpt-5.4-nano is deprecated and will be removed from the API on April 1, 2027.
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Shutdowngpt-5.4-cyber removed from API
The gpt-5.4-cyber model is deprecated and will be removed from the API on October 1, 2026.
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Shutdownbabbage-002
Access to babbage-002 shuts down on 2026-09-28.
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Shutdowndavinci-002
Access to davinci-002 shuts down on 2026-09-28.
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Shutdowngpt-3.5-turbo-1106
Access to gpt-3.5-turbo-1106 shuts down on 2026-09-28.
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Shutdowngpt-3.5-turbo-instruct
Access to gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct shuts down on 2026-09-28.
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Shutdownsora-2
The sora-2 model alias is removed from the API on September 24, 2026; no replacement is listed.
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Shutdownsora-2-2025-10-06
The sora-2-2025-10-06 snapshot is removed from the API on September 24, 2026; no replacement is listed.
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Shutdownsora-2-2025-12-08
The sora-2-2025-12-08 snapshot is removed from the API on September 24, 2026; no replacement is listed.
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Shutdownsora-2-pro
The sora-2-pro model alias is removed from the API on September 24, 2026; no replacement is listed.
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Shutdownsora-2-pro-2025-10-06
The sora-2-pro-2025-10-06 snapshot is removed from the API on September 24, 2026; no replacement is listed.
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ShutdownVideos API / Sora 2 removed from API
On March 24th, 2026, we notified developers using the Videos API and Sora 2 video generation model aliases and snapshots of their deprecation and removal from the API on September 24, 2026.
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ShutdownAssistants API removed
On August 26th, 2025, we notified developers using the Assistants API of its deprecation and removal from the API one year later, on August 26, 2026.
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ShutdownOlder GPT model snapshots shut down (announced Apr 22)
On April 22, 2026, we announced the deprecation of the following older OpenAI models.
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