Retires in 4 months
gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15
OpenAI: retires on 26 Feb 2027 (in 4 months). The recommended replacement is gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe.
What to do
Move calls to gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe and test them before 26 Feb 2027, when calls to gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15 stop working.
Recommended replacementgpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribeNot retiring, as far as OpenAI's deprecations page says
125
Days until retirement · 26 Feb 2027
26 AugRetirement announced · 184 days' notice
Other OpenAI models retiring
Shutdown dates and recommended replacements, as the providers publish them| Model | Retires | Move to | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|
| chatgpt-image-latest | 1 Dec 2026 (in 38 days) | gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare | 2 Jun 2026 |
| gpt-image-1-mini | 1 Dec 2026 (in 38 days) | gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare | 2 Jun 2026 |
| gpt-image-1.5 | 1 Dec 2026 (in 38 days) | gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare | 2 Jun 2026 |
| gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16 | 1 Dec 2026 (in 38 days) | gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare | 2 Jun 2026 |
| gpt-5 | 11 Dec 2026 (in 48 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 11 Jun 2026 |
| gpt-5-2025-08-07 | 11 Dec 2026 (in 48 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 11 Jun 2026 |
| gpt-5-mini | 11 Dec 2026 (in 48 days) | gpt-5.6-terra | 11 Jun 2026 |
| gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 | 11 Dec 2026 (in 48 days) | gpt-5.6-terra | 11 Jun 2026 |
| gpt-5-nano | 11 Dec 2026 (in 48 days) | gpt-5.6-luna | 11 Jun 2026 |
| gpt-5-nano-2025-08-07 | 11 Dec 2026 (in 48 days) | gpt-5.6-luna | 11 Jun 2026 |
40 more retiring later and 9 retired in the last 90 days
| gpt-5-pro | 11 Dec 2026 (in 48 days) | gpt-5.6-sol ( reasoning.mode: pro ) | 11 Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06 | 11 Dec 2026 (in 48 days) | gpt-5.6-sol ( reasoning.mode: pro ) | 11 Jun 2026 |
| o3 | 11 Dec 2026 (in 48 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 11 Jun 2026 |
| o3-2025-04-16 | 11 Dec 2026 (in 48 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 11 Jun 2026 |
| o3-pro | 11 Dec 2026 (in 48 days) | gpt-5.6-sol ( reasoning.mode: pro ) | 11 Jun 2026 |
| o3-pro-2025-06-10 | 11 Dec 2026 (in 48 days) | gpt-5.6-sol ( reasoning.mode: pro ) | 11 Jun 2026 |
| gpt-4o-mini-tts | 6 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) | gpt-realtime-2.1-mini | 1 Oct 2026 |
| gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20 | 6 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) | gpt-realtime-2.1-mini | 1 Oct 2026 |
| gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15 | 6 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) | gpt-realtime-2.1-mini | 1 Oct 2026 |
| tts-1 | 6 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) | gpt-realtime-2.1-mini | 1 Oct 2026 |
| tts-1-hd | 6 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) | gpt-realtime-2.1-mini | 1 Oct 2026 |
| GPT-4.1 | 14 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-6-luna | 14 Oct 2026 |
| GPT-4o | 14 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-6-luna | 14 Oct 2026 |
| gpt-4.1-2025-04-14 | 14 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-6-luna | 14 Oct 2026 |
| gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 | 14 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-6-luna | 14 Oct 2026 |
| gpt-4o-2024-08-06 | 14 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-6-luna | 14 Oct 2026 |
| gpt-4o-2024-11-20 | 14 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-6-luna | 14 Oct 2026 |
| gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18 | 14 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-6-luna | 14 Oct 2026 |
| gpt-4o-audio | 20 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-audio-1.5 | 20 Jul 2026 |
| gpt-4o-mini-audio | 20 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-audio-1.5 | 20 Jul 2026 |
| gpt-4o-mini-realtime | 20 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-realtime-2.1-mini | 20 Jul 2026 |
| gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20 | 20 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15 | 20 Jul 2026 |
| gpt-4o-realtime | 20 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-realtime-2.1 | 20 Jul 2026 |
| gpt-audio | 20 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-audio-1.5 | 20 Jul 2026 |
| gpt-audio-2025-08-28 | 20 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-audio-1.5 | 20 Jul 2026 |
| gpt-audio-mini | 20 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-audio-1.5 | 20 Jul 2026 |
| gpt-audio-mini-2025-12-15 | 20 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-audio-1.5 | 20 Jul 2026 |
| gpt-realtime | 20 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-realtime-2.1 | 20 Jul 2026 |
| gpt-realtime-2025-08-28 | 20 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-realtime-2.1 | 20 Jul 2026 |
| gpt-realtime-mini | 20 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-realtime-2.1-mini | 20 Jul 2026 |
| gpt-realtime-mini-2025-12-15 | 20 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-realtime-2.1-mini | 20 Jul 2026 |
| gpt-4o-mini-transcribe | 26 Feb 2027 (in 4 months) | gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe | 26 Aug 2026 |
| gpt-4o-transcribe | 26 Feb 2027 (in 4 months) | gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe | 26 Aug 2026 |
| gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize | 26 Feb 2027 (in 4 months) | gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe | 26 Aug 2026 |
| whisper-1 | 26 Feb 2027 (in 4 months) | gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe | 26 Aug 2026 |
| gpt-5.1 | 1 Apr 2027 (in 5 months) | gpt-6-sol | 1 Oct 2026 |
| gpt-5.1-2025-11-13 | 1 Apr 2027 (in 5 months) | gpt-6-sol | 1 Oct 2026 |
| gpt-5.3-codex | 1 Apr 2027 (in 5 months) | gpt-6-sol | 1 Oct 2026 |
| gpt-5.4-nano | 1 Apr 2027 (in 5 months) | gpt-6-luna | 1 Oct 2026 |
| gpt-5.4-nano-2026-03-17 | 1 Apr 2027 (in 5 months) | gpt-6-luna | 1 Oct 2026 |
| gpt-3.5-turbo-0125 | 23 Oct 2026 (1d ago) | gpt-5.6-terra | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-3.5-turbo | 23 Oct 2026 (1d ago) | gpt-5.6-terra | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-3.5-turbo-completions | 23 Oct 2026 (1d ago) | gpt-5.6-terra | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-4-0613 | 23 Oct 2026 (1d ago) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-4 | 23 Oct 2026 (1d ago) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-4-0613-completions | 23 Oct 2026 (1d ago) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-4-completions | 23 Oct 2026 (1d ago) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-4-1106-preview | 23 Oct 2026 (1d ago) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-4-turbo | 23 Oct 2026 (1d ago) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
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