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gpt-image-2

OpenAI: retires on 10 Feb 2027 (in 3 months). The recommended replacement is gpt-image-2.6-sunburst or gpt-image-2.6-flare.

What to do

Move calls to gpt-image-2.6-sunburst or gpt-image-2.6-flare and test them before 10 Feb 2027, the publisher's announced shutdown date.

Recommended replacementgpt-image-2.6-sunburst or gpt-image-2.6-flareCheck the publisher's current lifecycle record for this replacement before migrating

88 Days until announced shutdown · 10 Feb 2027

Other OpenAI model lifecycles

Lifecycle states, retirement dates and replacements, as the providers publish them
ModelRetiresMove toAnnounced
chatgpt-image-latest retires on 1 Dec 2026 (in 17 days) gpt-image-2.6-sunburst or gpt-image-2.6-flare —
gpt-image-1-mini retires on 1 Dec 2026 (in 17 days) gpt-image-2.6-sunburst or gpt-image-2.6-flare —
gpt-image-1.5 retires on 1 Dec 2026 (in 17 days) gpt-image-2.6-sunburst or gpt-image-2.6-flare —
gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16 retires on 1 Dec 2026 (in 17 days) gpt-image-2.6-sunburst or gpt-image-2.6-flare —
gpt-5 retires on 11 Dec 2026 (in 27 days) gpt-6.1-sol —
gpt-5-2025-08-07 retires on 11 Dec 2026 (in 27 days) gpt-6.1-sol —
gpt-5-mini retires on 11 Dec 2026 (in 27 days) gpt-6.1-terra —
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 retires on 11 Dec 2026 (in 27 days) gpt-6.1-terra —
gpt-5-nano retires on 11 Dec 2026 (in 27 days) gpt-6-luna —
gpt-5-nano-2025-08-07 retires on 11 Dec 2026 (in 27 days) gpt-6-luna —
43 more retiring later and 6 reported shutdown dates passed
gpt-5-pro retires on 11 Dec 2026 (in 27 days) gpt-6.1-sol ( reasoning.mode: pro ) in the Responses API —
gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06 retires on 11 Dec 2026 (in 27 days) gpt-6.1-sol ( reasoning.mode: pro ) in the Responses API —
o3 retires on 11 Dec 2026 (in 27 days) gpt-6.1-sol —
o3-2025-04-16 retires on 11 Dec 2026 (in 27 days) gpt-6.1-sol —
o3-pro retires on 11 Dec 2026 (in 27 days) gpt-6.1-sol ( reasoning.mode: pro ) in the Responses API —
o3-pro-2025-06-10 retires on 11 Dec 2026 (in 27 days) gpt-6.1-sol ( reasoning.mode: pro ) in the Responses API —
gpt-4o-mini-tts retires on 6 Jan 2027 (in 53 days) gpt-realtime-2.1-mini —
gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20 retires on 6 Jan 2027 (in 53 days) gpt-realtime-2.1-mini —
gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15 retires on 6 Jan 2027 (in 53 days) gpt-realtime-2.1-mini —
tts-1 retires on 6 Jan 2027 (in 53 days) gpt-realtime-2.1-mini —
tts-1-hd retires on 6 Jan 2027 (in 53 days) gpt-realtime-2.1-mini —
GPT-4.1 retires on 14 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-6-luna —
GPT-4o retires on 14 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-6-luna —
gpt-4.1-2025-04-14 retires on 14 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-6-luna —
gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 retires on 14 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-6-luna —
gpt-4o-2024-08-06 retires on 14 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-6-luna —
gpt-4o-2024-11-20 retires on 14 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-6-luna —
gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18 retires on 14 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-6-luna —
gpt-4o-audio retires on 20 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-audio-1.5 —
gpt-4o-mini-audio retires on 20 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-audio-1.5 —
gpt-4o-mini-realtime retires on 20 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-realtime-2.1-mini —
gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20 retires on 20 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15 —
gpt-4o-realtime retires on 20 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-realtime-2.1 —
gpt-audio retires on 20 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-audio-1.5 —
gpt-audio-2025-08-28 retires on 20 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-audio-1.5 —
gpt-audio-mini retires on 20 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-audio-1.5 —
gpt-audio-mini-2025-12-15 retires on 20 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-audio-1.5 —
gpt-realtime retires on 20 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-realtime-2.1 —
gpt-realtime-2025-08-28 retires on 20 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-realtime-2.1 —
gpt-realtime-mini retires on 20 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-realtime-2.1-mini —
gpt-realtime-mini-2025-12-15 retires on 20 Jan 2027 (in 2 months) gpt-realtime-2.1-mini —
gpt-5.5-cyber-preview retires on 1 Feb 2027 (in 3 months) The most capable cyber model available to you. —
gpt-image-2-2026-04-21 retires on 10 Feb 2027 (in 3 months) gpt-image-2.6-sunburst or gpt-image-2.6-flare —
gpt-4o-mini-transcribe retires on 26 Feb 2027 (in 3 months) gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe —
gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15 retires on 26 Feb 2027 (in 3 months) gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe —
gpt-4o-transcribe retires on 26 Feb 2027 (in 3 months) gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe —
gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize retires on 26 Feb 2027 (in 3 months) gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe —
whisper-1 retires on 26 Feb 2027 (in 3 months) gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe —
gpt-5.1 retires on 1 Apr 2027 (in 5 months) gpt-6-sol —
gpt-5.1-2025-11-13 retires on 1 Apr 2027 (in 5 months) gpt-6-sol —
gpt-5.3-codex retires on 1 Apr 2027 (in 5 months) gpt-6-sol —
gpt-5.4-nano retires on 1 Apr 2027 (in 5 months) gpt-6-luna —
gpt-5.4-nano-2026-03-17 retires on 1 Apr 2027 (in 5 months) gpt-6-luna —
gpt-3.5-turbo-0125 reported shutdown date 23 Oct 2026 has passed; current availability is not verified gpt-5.6-terra —
gpt-3.5-turbo reported shutdown date 23 Oct 2026 has passed; current availability is not verified gpt-5.6-terra —
gpt-3.5-turbo-completions reported shutdown date 23 Oct 2026 has passed; current availability is not verified gpt-5.6-terra —
gpt-4-0613 reported shutdown date 23 Oct 2026 has passed; current availability is not verified gpt-5.6-sol —
gpt-4 reported shutdown date 23 Oct 2026 has passed; current availability is not verified gpt-5.6-sol —
gpt-4-0613-completions reported shutdown date 23 Oct 2026 has passed; current availability is not verified gpt-5.6-sol —

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