Retirement timeline
- Shutdown date
- 2027-02-26
- Announcement date
- 2026-08-26
- Recommended replacement
- gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe
OpenAI API · SOURCE REVIEWED 2026-09-29
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Direct provider API only; other hosting platforms may use different schedules.
Your migration checklist
This is a planning checklist, not a guarantee of drop-in compatibility.
- Find this exact model ID in your environment variables, code, and scheduled jobs.
- Read the provider’s current model documentation and confirm access to the replacement.
- Test prompts, tools, structured output, latency, and cost with representative requests.
- Roll out gradually, monitor failures, and keep a tested rollback path.
Download this model’s calendar reminders
Calendar includes 90-, 30-, and 7-day reminders. Your calendar app controls notification delivery.
Dates apply to OpenAI API. Verify separately for Azure, Bedrock, Vertex AI, and consumer chat apps.