Retires in 3 months
gpt-realtime-mini
OpenAI: retires on 20 Jan 2027 (in 3 months). The recommended replacement is gpt-realtime-2.1-mini.
What to do
Move calls to gpt-realtime-2.1-mini and test them before 20 Jan 2027, when calls to gpt-realtime-mini stop working.
Recommended replacementgpt-realtime-2.1-miniNot retiring, as far as OpenAI's deprecations page says
98
Days until retirement · 20 Jan 2027
20 JulRetirement announced · 184 days' notice
Other OpenAI models retiring
Shutdown dates and recommended replacements, as the providers publish them| Model | Retires | Move to | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|
| ft-babbage-002 | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-terra | 22 Apr 2026 |
| ft-davinci-002 | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-terra | 22 Apr 2026 |
| ft-gpt-3.5-turbo | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-terra | 22 Apr 2026 |
| ft-gpt-4 | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
| ft-gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14 | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-luna | 22 Apr 2026 |
| ft-o4-mini-2025-04-16 | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-terra | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-3.5-turbo | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-terra | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-3.5-turbo-0125 | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-terra | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-3.5-turbo-completions | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-terra | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-4 | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
49 more retiring later
| gpt-4-0613 | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| gpt-4-0613-completions | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-4-1106-preview | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-4-completions | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-4-turbo | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-4-turbo-completions | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-4.1-nano | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-luna | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14 | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-luna | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-4o-2024-05-13 | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
| gpt-image-1 | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare | 22 Apr 2026 |
| o1 | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
| o1-2024-12-17 | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
| o1-pro | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-sol ( reasoning.mode: pro ) | 22 Apr 2026 |
| o1-pro-2025-03-19 | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-sol ( reasoning.mode: pro ) | 22 Apr 2026 |
| o3-mini | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
| o3-mini-2025-01-31 | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 22 Apr 2026 |
| o4-mini | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-terra | 22 Apr 2026 |
| o4-mini-2025-04-16 | 23 Oct 2026 (in 9 days) | gpt-5.6-terra | 22 Apr 2026 |
| chatgpt-image-latest | 1 Dec 2026 (in 48 days) | gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare | 2 Jun 2026 |
| gpt-image-1-mini | 1 Dec 2026 (in 48 days) | gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare | 2 Jun 2026 |
| gpt-image-1.5 | 1 Dec 2026 (in 48 days) | gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare | 2 Jun 2026 |
| gpt-5-2025-08-07 | 11 Dec 2026 (in 58 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 11 Jun 2026 |
| gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 | 11 Dec 2026 (in 58 days) | gpt-5.6-terra | 11 Jun 2026 |
| gpt-5-nano-2025-08-07 | 11 Dec 2026 (in 58 days) | gpt-5.6-luna | 11 Jun 2026 |
| gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06 | 11 Dec 2026 (in 58 days) | gpt-5.6-sol ( reasoning.mode: pro ) | 11 Jun 2026 |
| o3-2025-04-16 | 11 Dec 2026 (in 58 days) | gpt-5.6-sol | 11 Jun 2026 |
| o3-pro-2025-06-10 | 11 Dec 2026 (in 58 days) | gpt-5.6-sol ( reasoning.mode: pro ) | 11 Jun 2026 |
| gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20 | 6 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-realtime-2.1-mini | 1 Oct 2026 |
| gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15 | 6 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-realtime-2.1-mini | 1 Oct 2026 |
| tts-1 | 6 Jan 2027 (in 3 months) | gpt-realtime-2.1-mini | 1 Oct 2026 |
| tts-1-hd | 6 Jan 2027 (in 3 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-mini | 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-4o-transcribe | 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 |
What changed
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