OpenAI deprecations
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Upcoming
- gpt-3.5-turbo-0125Shutdown
Access to gpt-3.5-turbo-0125 (aliases gpt-3.5-turbo, gpt-3.5-turbo-completions) shuts down on October 23, 2026.
- gpt-4-0613Shutdown
Access to gpt-4-0613 (aliases gpt-4, gpt-4-0613-completions, gpt-4-completions) shuts down on October 23, 2026.
- gpt-4-1106-previewShutdown
Access to gpt-4-1106-preview shuts down on October 23, 2026.
- gpt-4-turboShutdown
Access to gpt-4-turbo (incl. gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 and completions variant) shuts down on October 23, 2026.
- gpt-4.1-nanoShutdown
Access to gpt-4.1-nano (incl. gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14) shuts down on October 23, 2026.
- gpt-4o-2024-05-13Shutdown
Access to gpt-4o-2024-05-13 shuts down on October 23, 2026.
- gpt-image-1Shutdown
Access to gpt-image-1 shuts down on October 23, 2026.
- o1-2024-12-17Shutdown
Access to o1-2024-12-17 (alias o1) shuts down on October 23, 2026.
- o1-pro-2025-03-19Shutdown
Access to o1-pro-2025-03-19 (alias o1-pro) shuts down on October 23, 2026.
- o3-mini-2025-01-31Shutdown
Access to o3-mini-2025-01-31 (alias o3-mini) shuts down on October 23, 2026.
- ft-o4-mini-2025-04-16Shutdown
Fine-tuned model ft-o4-mini-2025-04-16 is removed on October 23, 2026.
- o4-mini-2025-04-16Shutdown
Access to o4-mini-2025-04-16 (alias o4-mini) shuts down on October 23, 2026.
- ft-gpt-3.5-turboShutdown
Fine-tuned ft-gpt-3.5-turbo is removed on October 23, 2026.
- ft-gpt-4Shutdown
Fine-tuned ft-gpt-4 is removed on October 23, 2026.
- ft-gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14Shutdown
Fine-tuned ft-gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14 is removed on October 23, 2026.
- ft-babbage-002Shutdown
Fine-tuned ft-babbage-002 is removed on October 23, 2026.
- ft-davinci-002Shutdown
Fine-tuned ft-davinci-002 is removed on October 23, 2026.
- Existing evals (Evals platform)Breaking change
Existing evals become read-only on October 31, 2026 as the Evals platform is deprecated.
- v1/prompts API and reusable prompts shut downShutdown
Nov 30, 2026 The v1/prompts API and reusable prompt objects are scheduled to shut down.
- Evals dashboard and API shut downShutdown
Nov 30, 2026 The Evals dashboard and API are scheduled to shut down.
- Agent Builder shut downShutdown
Nov 30, 2026 Agent Builder is scheduled to shut down.
- Older GPT Image models removedShutdown
On June 2, 2026, we notified developers using older GPT Image models of their deprecation and removal from the API on December 1, 2026.
- gpt-image-1-miniShutdown
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.
- gpt-image-1.5Shutdown
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.
- chatgpt-image-latestShutdown
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.
- Older GPT-5 and o3 snapshots removedShutdown
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.
- gpt-5-2025-08-07Shutdown
gpt-5-2025-08-07 is removed from the API on December 11, 2026; migrate to gpt-5.6-sol.
- gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07Shutdown
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 is removed from the API on December 11, 2026; migrate to gpt-5.6-terra.
- gpt-5-nano-2025-08-07Shutdown
gpt-5-nano-2025-08-07 is removed from the API on December 11, 2026; migrate to gpt-5.6-luna.
- gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06Shutdown
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.
- o3-2025-04-16Shutdown
o3-2025-04-16 is removed from the API on December 11, 2026; migrate to gpt-5.6-sol.
- o3-pro-2025-06-10Shutdown
o3-pro-2025-06-10 is removed from the API on December 11, 2026; migrate to gpt-5.6-sol with reasoning.mode pro.
- Legacy text-to-speech models removedShutdown
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.
- New fine-tuning jobs disabled for legacy fine-tuningShutdown
Jan 6, 2027 Active existing customers will no longer be able to create new fine-tuning jobs on this date.
- tts-1Deprecation
tts-1 is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 6, 2027.
- tts-1-hdDeprecation
tts-1-hd is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 6, 2027.
- gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20Deprecation
gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20 is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 6, 2027.
- gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15Deprecation
gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15 is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 6, 2027.
- Self-serve fine-tuning job creation (existing customers)Shutdown
Active existing customers will no longer be able to create new fine-tuning jobs on January 6, 2027.
- Certain GPT-4 series models removedShutdown
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.
- gpt-4o-2024-08-06Deprecation
GPT-4o snapshot gpt-4o-2024-08-06 is deprecated and removed from the API on January 14, 2027.
- gpt-4o-2024-11-20Deprecation
GPT-4o snapshot gpt-4o-2024-11-20 is deprecated and removed from the API on January 14, 2027.
- gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18Deprecation
GPT-4o mini snapshot gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18 is deprecated and removed from the API on January 14, 2027.
- gpt-4.1-2025-04-14Deprecation
GPT-4.1 snapshot gpt-4.1-2025-04-14 is deprecated and removed from the API on January 14, 2027.
- gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14Deprecation
GPT-4.1 mini snapshot gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 is deprecated and removed from the API on January 14, 2027.
- Legacy audio/realtime/transcription models removedShutdown
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.
- gpt-realtimeDeprecation
gpt-realtime model family is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 20, 2027.
- gpt-audioDeprecation
gpt-audio model family is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 20, 2027.
- gpt-4o-audioDeprecation
gpt-4o-audio model family is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 20, 2027.
- gpt-4o-realtimeDeprecation
gpt-4o-realtime model family is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 20, 2027.
- gpt-realtime-miniDeprecation
gpt-realtime-mini model family is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 20, 2027.
- gpt-audio-miniDeprecation
gpt-audio-mini model family is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 20, 2027.
- gpt-4o-mini-realtimeDeprecation
gpt-4o-mini-realtime model family is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 20, 2027.
- gpt-4o-mini-audioDeprecation
gpt-4o-mini-audio model family is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 20, 2027.
- gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20Deprecation
gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20 snapshot is deprecated and will be removed from the API on January 20, 2027.
- whisper-1 and gpt-4o-transcribe family removedShutdown
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.
- gpt-4o-mini-transcribeDeprecation
gpt-4o-mini-transcribe is deprecated and will be removed from the API on February 26, 2027.
- gpt-4o-transcribe-diarizeDeprecation
gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize is deprecated and will be removed from the API on February 26, 2027.
- /v1/audio/translationsDeprecation
/v1/audio/translations endpoint is deprecated and will be removed from the API on February 26, 2027.
- Batch of models removed (6 months' notice)Shutdown
The following models are deprecated and will be removed from the API on April 1, 2027, with six months’ notice.
- gpt-5.3-codexDeprecation
gpt-5.3-codex is deprecated and will be removed from the API on April 1, 2027.
- gpt-5.4-nanoDeprecation
gpt-5.4-nano is deprecated and will be removed from the API on April 1, 2027.
- gpt-5.1Deprecation
gpt-5.1 is deprecated and will be removed from the API on April 1, 2027.
Recently killed
- gpt-5.4-cyber removed from APIShutdown
The gpt-5.4-cyber model is deprecated and will be removed from the API on October 1, 2026.
- gpt-3.5-turbo-1106Shutdown
Access to gpt-3.5-turbo-1106 shuts down on 2026-09-28.
- davinci-002Shutdown
Access to davinci-002 shuts down on 2026-09-28.
- babbage-002Shutdown
Access to babbage-002 shuts down on 2026-09-28.
- gpt-3.5-turbo-instructShutdown
Access to gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct shuts down on 2026-09-28.
- sora-2-pro-2025-10-06Shutdown
The sora-2-pro-2025-10-06 snapshot is removed from the API on September 24, 2026; no replacement is listed.
- sora-2-2025-12-08Shutdown
The sora-2-2025-12-08 snapshot is removed from the API on September 24, 2026; no replacement is listed.
- sora-2-2025-10-06Shutdown
The sora-2-2025-10-06 snapshot is removed from the API on September 24, 2026; no replacement is listed.
- sora-2-proShutdown
The sora-2-pro model alias is removed from the API on September 24, 2026; no replacement is listed.
- sora-2Shutdown
The sora-2 model alias is removed from the API on September 24, 2026; no replacement is listed.
- Videos API / Sora 2 removed from APIShutdown
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.
- Assistants API removedShutdown
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.
- Older GPT model snapshots shut down (announced Apr 22)Shutdown
On April 22, 2026, we announced the deprecation of the following older OpenAI models.
Sources we watch
- Deprecation page: platform.openai.com
- blog feed: openai.com
- blog feed: openai.com
- GitHub releases: openai/openai-node