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OpenAI deprecations and end-of-support dates
13 changes have a date ahead. Next: OpenAI API, October 23, 2026.
OpenAI
Gates ahead 13
- OpenAI APIOpenAI shuts down gpt-4, gpt-3.5-turbo, o1 and o4-mini on October 23 Gate 2 days left Act by October 23, 2026
- Azure OpenAI in Foundry ModelsAzure OpenAI o1, o3, o3-mini and o4-mini retire November 19, 2026 Gate 29 days left Act by November 19, 2026
- OpenAI APIOpenAI Evals, reusable prompts and Agent Builder shut down November 30 Gate 40 days left Bail now
- OpenAI APIOpenAI retires early GPT-5 snapshots, o3 and old image models Gate 41 days left Act by December 1, 2026
- Azure OpenAI in Foundry ModelsAzure OpenAI tts, tts-hd and whisper retire December 15, 2026 Gate 55 days left Act by December 15, 2026
- OpenAI APIOpenAI stops new self-serve fine-tuning jobs on January 6, 2027 Gate 77 days left Bail now
- OpenAI APIOpenAI text-to-speech models tts-1 and tts-1-hd end January 6, 2027 Gate 77 days left Act by January 6, 2027
- OpenAI APIOpenAI shuts down GPT-4o and GPT-4.1 snapshots on January 14, 2027 Gate 85 days left Act by January 14, 2027
- OpenAI APIOpenAI shuts down older realtime and audio models on January 20, 2027 Gate 91 days left Act by January 20, 2027
- Azure OpenAI in Foundry ModelsAzure OpenAI gpt-5, gpt-5-mini and gpt-5-nano retire February 9, 2027 Gate 111 days left Act by February 9, 2027
- OpenAI APIOpenAI shuts down whisper-1 and gpt-4o-transcribe on February 26, 2027 Gate 128 days left Act by February 26, 2027
- OpenAI APIOpenAI ends gpt-5.1, gpt-5.3-codex and gpt-5.4-nano on April 1, 2027 Gate 162 days left Act by April 1, 2027
- Azure OpenAI in Foundry ModelsAzure OpenAI gpt-4o and gpt-4.1 models retire April 14, 2027 Gate 175 days left Act by April 14, 2027
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on:
schedule:
- cron: '17 6 * * 1' # Mondays
workflow_dispatch:
permissions:
contents: read
issues: write
jobs:
deadlines:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: timetobail/deadline-check@v0
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