OpenAI shutdown window: October 23, 2026

17 AI models reach shutdown.
Is your app calling one of them?

On October 23, 2026, OpenAI deprecation schedules mark 17 model IDs for retirement. Requests to retired IDs fail with hard API errors without automatic remapping. Paste your code, config, or logs below to inspect your exposure.

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Time left until the October 23, 2026 00:00 UTC shutdown threshold.

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The October 23 list

The 11 base models and snapshots listed for October 23, 2026 retirement, with recommended migration paths. Calling a bare alias (for example o4-mini) points to the same underlying version and breaks once the snapshot retires.

Model ID that retiresAlso matched asRecommended Target

Plus 6 fine-tuned variants: ft-gpt-3.5-turbo, ft-gpt-4, ft-gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14, ft-o4-mini-2025-04-16, ft-babbage-002 and ft-davinci-002. Fine-tuned models built on retiring base models require export and retraining. Legacy Completions variants of GPT-3.5 Turbo, GPT-4, and GPT-4 Turbo are scheduled on the same date.

Later deprecation waves

The scanner also flags subsequent scheduled retirements so you can audit once rather than scramble repeatedly.

November 30, 2026: Endpoints & APIs

Retirement of older OpenAI Assistants API primitives and legacy evaluation endpoints. Anthropic's claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 is scheduled on Anthropic platforms (cloud partners maintain independent schedules).

January 14, 2027: GPT-4o Snapshots

gpt-4o-2024-08-06, gpt-4o-2024-11-20, gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18, gpt-4.1-2025-04-14 and gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 scheduled for retirement.

December 1 and 11, 2026

gpt-image-1.5 and gpt-image-1-mini scheduled on December 1. o3 and o3-pro snapshots on December 11.

February 26, 2027

whisper-1 audio transcription endpoint scheduled for retirement; pipelines pinned to this snapshot will need migration.

Auditing & Verification Note: Deprecation dates, model identifiers, and replacement options are compiled from provider deprecation tables and community technical reporting. Because vendor timelines and model availability are subject to change, verify specific IDs against official provider documentation (OpenAI Deprecations, Anthropic Documentation, Google Cloud AI) before deploying changes to production. This utility provides text pattern matching and does not guarantee complete elimination of runtime failures.