GPT-5.3-Codex
Previously reported deprecation of GPT-5.3-Codex; dates and scope require independent verification against official OpenAI documentation.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Scheduled for retirement
- April 1, 2027
- Expected lifespan
- Unknown
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Killed by OpenAI documents products, models, APIs, services, and features that OpenAI has retired, replaced, or scheduled for retirement.
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79 entries
GPT-5.4-Nano
Previously reported deprecation of GPT-5.4-Nano; dates and scope require independent verification against official OpenAI documentation.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Scheduled for retirement
- April 1, 2027
- Expected lifespan
- Unknown
GPT-5.1 API
Previously reported deprecation of GPT-5.1 API; dates and scope require independent verification against official OpenAI documentation.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Scheduled for retirement
- April 1, 2027
- Expected lifespan
- Unknown
Whisper-1 and GPT-4o Transcription Models
Previously reported deprecation of Whisper-1 and GPT-4o Transcription Models; dates and scope require independent verification against official OpenAI documentation.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Scheduled for retirement
- February 26, 2027
- Expected lifespan
- Unknown
GPT Realtime and Legacy Audio Models
Previously reported deprecation of GPT Realtime and Legacy Audio Models; dates and scope require independent verification against official OpenAI documentation.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Scheduled for retirement
- January 20, 2027
- Expected lifespan
- Unknown
GPT-4o API (Remaining Snapshots)
Previously reported deprecation of GPT-4o API (Remaining Snapshots); dates and scope require independent verification against official OpenAI documentation.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Scheduled for retirement
- January 14, 2027
- Expected lifespan
- Unknown
GPT-4o mini API
Previously reported deprecation of GPT-4o mini API; dates and scope require independent verification against official OpenAI documentation.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Scheduled for retirement
- January 14, 2027
- Expected lifespan
- Unknown
GPT-4.1 API
Previously reported deprecation of GPT-4.1 API; dates and scope require independent verification against official OpenAI documentation.
- Launched
- April 14, 2025
- Scheduled for retirement
- January 14, 2027
- Expected lifespan
- 1 year, 9 months
GPT-4.1 mini API
Previously reported deprecation of GPT-4.1 mini API; dates and scope require independent verification against official OpenAI documentation.
- Launched
- April 14, 2025
- Scheduled for retirement
- January 14, 2027
- Expected lifespan
- 1 year, 9 months
AI Fine-Tuning
Custom model training services for developers. Winding down as OpenAI shifts focus toward 'reasoning' models and RAG-based architectures, significantly impacting the strategy for AI startups. Recommended replacement: Anyscale or Together AI.
- Launched
- August 22, 2023
- Scheduled for retirement
- January 6, 2027
- Expected lifespan
- 3 years, 4 months
TTS-1 / TTS-1-HD
Previously reported deprecation of TTS-1 / TTS-1-HD; dates and scope require independent verification against official OpenAI documentation.
- Launched
- November 6, 2023
- Scheduled for retirement
- January 6, 2027
- Expected lifespan
- 3 years, 2 months
GPT-4o mini TTS
Previously reported deprecation of GPT-4o mini TTS; dates and scope require independent verification against official OpenAI documentation.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Scheduled for retirement
- January 6, 2027
- Expected lifespan
- Unknown
OpenAI Prism
Free AI-native scientific writing and collaboration workspace powered by GPT-5.2. Supported LaTeX editing, research projects, and collaboration. OpenAI announced its shutdown for January 1, 2027, directing users to export their projects and continue working in Codex. Prism project data will be deleted after shutdown, and some collaborative features will not migrate.
- Launched
- January 27, 2026
- Scheduled for retirement
- January 1, 2027
- Expected lifespan
- 11 months
GPT-5 and o3 API Models
Previously reported deprecation of GPT-5 and o3 API Models; dates and scope require independent verification against official OpenAI documentation.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Scheduled for retirement
- December 11, 2026
- Expected lifespan
- Unknown
Custom GPTs (GPT Builder and GPT Store)
Custom GPTs created through ChatGPT's GPT Builder are scheduled to retire December 11, 2026, with February 11, 2027 applying to FedRAMP workspaces and qualifying Enterprise deferrals. OpenAI is directing creators to migrate GPT instructions and knowledge files to plugins. Custom actions do not transfer automatically, and existing GPT conversations remain accessible after retirement.
- Launched
- November 6, 2023
- Scheduled for retirement
- December 11, 2026
- Expected lifespan
- 3 years, 1 month
GPT Image 1.5 / 1 mini / chatgpt-image-latest
Previously reported deprecation of GPT Image 1.5 / 1 mini / chatgpt-image-latest; dates and scope require independent verification against official OpenAI documentation.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Scheduled for retirement
- December 1, 2026
- Expected lifespan
- Unknown
Evals Platform
Dashboard and API for running model evals. Deprecated June 3, 2026; goes read-only October 31, 2026, and shuts down November 30, 2026.
- Launched
- December 17, 2024
- Scheduled for retirement
- November 30, 2026
- Expected lifespan
- 1 year, 11 months
Agent Builder
OpenAI's visual agent-building product for developers. Deprecated on June 3, 2026, with shutdown scheduled for November 30, 2026. ChatKit remains available. Recommended replacement: Agents SDK or ChatGPT Workspace Agents.
- Launched
- October 6, 2025
- Scheduled for retirement
- November 30, 2026
- Expected lifespan
- 1 year, 1 month
Reusable Prompts API
Previously reported deprecation of Reusable Prompts API; dates and scope require independent verification against official OpenAI documentation.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Scheduled for retirement
- November 30, 2026
- Expected lifespan
- Unknown
GPT-3.5 Turbo (API)
Previously reported deprecation of GPT-3.5 Turbo (API); dates and scope require independent verification against official OpenAI documentation.
- Launched
- March 1, 2023
- Retired
- October 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- 3 years, 7 months
GPT-4 (API)
Previously reported deprecation of GPT-4 (API); dates and scope require independent verification against official OpenAI documentation.
- Launched
- March 14, 2023
- Retired
- October 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- 3 years, 7 months
GPT-4 Turbo (API)
Previously reported deprecation of GPT-4 Turbo (API); dates and scope require independent verification against official OpenAI documentation.
- Launched
- November 6, 2023
- Retired
- October 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- 2 years, 11 months
GPT-4.1 Nano (API)
gpt-4.1-nano and its 2025-04-14 snapshot retired from the API; replacement: gpt-5.6-luna.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- October 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
GPT Image 1 (API)
gpt-image-1 retired from the API; replacements: gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- October 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
o1 Pro (API)
o1-pro and its 2025-03-19 snapshot retired; replacement: gpt-5.6-sol with pro reasoning mode.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- October 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
o3 Mini (API)
o3-mini and its 2025-01-31 snapshot retired from the API; replacement: gpt-5.6-sol.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- October 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
o1 (API)
OpenAI's o1 reasoning model API, including the o1-2024-12-17 snapshot and o1 alias, was retired on October 23, 2026. OpenAI recommended gpt-5.6-sol as a replacement. Distinct from the earlier o1-preview and o1-mini retirements.
- Launched
- December 17, 2024
- Retired
- October 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- 1 year, 10 months
GPT-5.4-Cyber
Previously reported deprecation of GPT-5.4-Cyber; dates and scope require independent verification against official OpenAI documentation.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- October 1, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
GPT-3.5 Legacy Snapshots
The final decommission of the GPT-3.5 architecture, including 1106 and turbo-instruct. Recommended replacement: gpt-5.4-mini.
- Launched
- November 6, 2023
- Retired
- September 28, 2026
- Lifespan
- 2 years, 10 months
Base GPT Models (Babbage-002, Davinci-002)
The remaining second-generation base models used for fine-tuning and simple completions. Recommended replacement: gpt-5.4-mini or gpt-5-mini.
- Launched
- August 22, 2023
- Retired
- September 28, 2026
- Lifespan
- 3 years, 1 month
Videos API (Sora 2)
Programmatic access to the Sora 2 video models. Deprecated March 24, 2026; full shutdown scheduled for September 24, 2026.
- Launched
- October 6, 2025
- Retired
- September 24, 2026
- Lifespan
- 11 months
Assistants API
A high-level API for building AI assistants. Deprecated in favor of the more flexible Responses and Conversations APIs. Recommended replacement: Responses API and Conversations API.
- Launched
- November 6, 2023
- Retired
- August 26, 2026
- Lifespan
- 2 years, 9 months
GPT-5.2 Chat Latest (API)
gpt-5.2-chat-latest retired from the API; recommended replacement: gpt-5.6-sol.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- August 10, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
GPT-5.3 Chat Latest (API)
gpt-5.3-chat-latest retired from the API; recommended replacement: gpt-5.6-sol.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- August 10, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
ChatGPT Atlas
A standalone, Chromium-based AI browser for macOS featuring built-in memory and an autonomous 'Agent Mode.' Shuttered less than a year after launch as OpenAI pivoted to integrating cloud browsing, tabs, and agentic workflows directly into the core ChatGPT desktop application.
- Launched
- October 21, 2025
- Retired
- August 9, 2026
- Lifespan
- 9 months
Computer-Use Model
The CUA model behind Operator, exposed as a preview API. The preview snapshot is scheduled for shutdown on July 23, 2026.
- Launched
- March 11, 2025
- Retired
- July 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- 1 year, 4 months
GPT-5 Codex (API)
gpt-5-codex retired from the API; replacement: gpt-5.6-sol.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- July 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
GPT-5.1 Codex (API)
gpt-5.1-codex retired from the API; replacement: gpt-5.6-sol.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- July 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
GPT-5.1 Codex Max (API)
gpt-5.1-codex-max retired from the API; replacement: gpt-5.6-sol.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- July 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
GPT-5.1 Codex Mini (API)
gpt-5.1-codex-mini retired from the API; replacement: gpt-5.6-terra.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- July 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
GPT-5.2 Codex (API)
gpt-5.2-codex retired from the API; replacement: gpt-5.6-sol.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- July 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
GPT-5 Chat Latest (API)
gpt-5-chat-latest retired from the API; replacement: gpt-5.6-sol.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- July 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
GPT-5.1 Chat Latest (API)
gpt-5.1-chat-latest retired from the API; replacement: gpt-5.6-sol.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- July 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
GPT-4o Search Preview (API)
gpt-4o-search-preview-2025-03-11 retired from the API; replacement: gpt-5.6-terra.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- July 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
GPT-4o Mini Search Preview (API)
gpt-4o-mini-search-preview-2025-03-11 retired from the API; replacement: gpt-5.6-terra.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- July 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
o3 Deep Research Snapshot (API)
o3-deep-research-2025-06-26 snapshot retired; o3-deep-research alias remained listed as a substitute.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- July 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
o4-mini Deep Research Snapshot (API)
o4-mini-deep-research-2025-06-26 snapshot retired; o4-mini-deep-research alias remained listed as a substitute.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- July 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
GPT Audio Mini October 2025 Snapshot (API)
gpt-audio-mini-2025-10-06 retired; replacement: gpt-audio-1.5.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- July 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
GPT Realtime Mini October 2025 Snapshot (API)
gpt-realtime-mini-2025-10-06 retired; replacement: gpt-realtime-2.1-mini.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- July 23, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
ChatGPT Pulse
Proactive daily briefings in ChatGPT Pro that researched overnight and surfaced personalized update cards. Launched in September 2025; OpenAI is sunsetting it and pointing users to scheduled tasks instead.
- Launched
- September 25, 2025
- Retired
- July 1, 2026
- Lifespan
- 9 months
Canvas
Side-by-side writing and coding workspace inside ChatGPT.
- Launched
- October 3, 2024
- Retired
- May 28, 2026
- Lifespan
- 1 year, 7 months
DALL·E 3
The third iteration of OpenAI's image generator. Retired to make way for the 'GPT Image' natively multimodal series. Recommended replacement: gpt-image-1 or gpt-image-1-mini.
- Launched
- October 3, 2023
- Retired
- May 12, 2026
- Lifespan
- 2 years, 7 months
DALL·E 2 (API)
The model that sparked the AI image generation trend. Retired alongside DALL-E 3. Recommended replacement: gpt-image-1-mini.
- Launched
- April 6, 2022
- Retired
- May 12, 2026
- Lifespan
- 4 years, 1 month
Realtime API Beta
OpenAI-Beta: realtime=v1 interface retired in favor of the generally available Realtime API.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- May 12, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
gpt-4o-realtime-preview
The preview version of the low-latency audio API. Recommended replacement: gpt-realtime-1.5.
- Launched
- October 1, 2024
- Retired
- May 7, 2026
- Lifespan
- 1 year, 7 months
GPT-4o Audio Preview Models (API)
gpt-4o-audio-preview and gpt-4o-mini-audio-preview retired May 7, 2026; recommended replacements: gpt-audio-1.5 and gpt-audio-mini.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- May 7, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
Sora (App & API)
A high-fidelity text-to-video platform. Abruptly shuttered following the collapse of a $1B Disney partnership and a strategic pivot to robotics/IPO prep. Recommended replacement: Google Veo or Kling.
- Launched
- December 9, 2024
- Retired
- April 26, 2026
- Lifespan
- 1 year, 4 months
GPT-4 Early Snapshots (0314, 1106, 0125)
Legacy GPT-4 and GPT-4 Turbo preview snapshots (including 0314, 1106-preview, and 0125-preview). Retired to streamline the API toward the GPT-5 series. Recommended replacement: gpt-5 or gpt-4.1.
- Launched
- March 14, 2023
- Retired
- March 26, 2026
- Lifespan
- 3 years
GPT-5.1 (Instant, Thinking, Pro)
Short-lived iterative models from the GPT-5 series, retired across ChatGPT and GPTs to consolidate on the 5.2 architecture. Recommended replacement: GPT-5.2 series.
- Launched
- August 15, 2025
- Retired
- March 11, 2026
- Lifespan
- 6 months
chatgpt-4o-latest (API)
The specific dynamic pointer for the latest ChatGPT-flavor of GPT-4o in the API. Recommended replacement: gpt-5.1-chat-latest.
- Launched
- May 13, 2024
- Retired
- February 16, 2026
- Lifespan
- 1 year, 9 months
GPT-4.1 (ChatGPT Version)
The 'efficient' flagship that famously replaced GPT-4.5. While loved by developers for its logic, it was sunset in the ChatGPT interface less than a year later to force migration to the GPT-5 ecosystem. Recommended replacement: GPT-5.4.
- Launched
- April 14, 2025
- Retired
- February 13, 2026
- Lifespan
- 9 months
GPT-5 (Instant & Thinking Preview)
The initial launch versions of the GPT-5 series, sunset after the 5.1 and 5.2 updates rendered them obsolete. Recommended replacement: GPT-5.2.
- Launched
- August 15, 2025
- Retired
- February 13, 2026
- Lifespan
- 5 months
GPT-4o (ChatGPT version)
The 'Omni' model that powered ChatGPT. Deprecated to consolidate users onto the GPT-5 foundational series. Recommended replacement: GPT-5 series.
- Launched
- May 13, 2024
- Retired
- February 13, 2026
- Lifespan
- 1 year, 9 months
o4-mini
An efficiency-focused reasoning model. Retired from ChatGPT just four months after release. Recommended replacement: gpt-5.4-mini.
- Launched
- October 1, 2025
- Retired
- February 13, 2026
- Lifespan
- 4 months
Codex Mini Latest (API)
codex-mini-latest and its legacy local shell tool retired; replacement: gpt-5-codex-mini.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- February 12, 2026
- Lifespan
- Unknown
o1-preview / o1-mini
The first reasoning models from OpenAI. Sunset following the release of o3 and o4 series. Recommended replacement: o3 or o4-mini.
- Launched
- September 12, 2024
- Retired
- October 27, 2025
- Lifespan
- 1 year, 1 month
Text Moderation Legacy Models
text-moderation-007, text-moderation-stable and text-moderation-latest retired; replacement: omni-moderation.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- October 27, 2025
- Lifespan
- Unknown
Operator
Research-preview browsing agent at operator.chatgpt.com. Folded into ChatGPT Agent in July 2025, and the standalone site was sunset weeks later.
- Launched
- January 23, 2025
- Retired
- September 1, 2025
- Lifespan
- 7 months
GPT-4.5-preview
A very short-lived preview that bridged the gap between GPT-4 and GPT-5. Recommended replacement: gpt-4.1.
- Launched
- February 1, 2025
- Retired
- July 14, 2025
- Lifespan
- 5 months
GPT-4 32K (API)
Legacy gpt-4-32k-0314 model retired June 6, 2025; replacement: gpt-4o.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- June 6, 2025
- Lifespan
- Unknown
GPT-3.5 Turbo 0301 (API)
Legacy gpt-3.5-turbo-0301 snapshot retired September 13, 2024.
- Launched
- Unknown
- Retired
- September 13, 2024
- Lifespan
- Unknown
GPT-3.5 Turbo (ChatGPT)
The model that brought AI to the masses. It was the default free-tier engine for over two years before being fully replaced by 'mini' architecture models to save on compute. Recommended replacement: gpt-4.1-mini or gpt-5.4-mini.
- Launched
- March 1, 2023
- Retired
- July 18, 2024
- Lifespan
- 1 year, 4 months
Sky Voice
A ChatGPT voice shown at the GPT-4o demo, paused within days after comparisons to Scarlett Johansson's Her voice sparked a public dispute.
- Launched
- May 13, 2024
- Retired
- May 19, 2024
- Lifespan
- 6 days
ChatGPT Plugins
Third-party tool integrations for ChatGPT. The beta was wound down in favor of GPTs and Actions, then fully shut down April 9, 2024.
- Launched
- March 23, 2023
- Retired
- April 9, 2024
- Lifespan
- 1 year
DALL·E 2 (Labs Web App)
The original web interface for DALL·E 2. OpenAI stopped accepting new customers and credit purchases on this date, directing all web users to DALL·E 3 within ChatGPT. Recommended replacement: ChatGPT (DALL·E 3).
- Launched
- April 6, 2022
- Retired
- February 21, 2024
- Lifespan
- 1 year, 10 months
Edits API (/v1/edits)
Endpoint for editing text given an instruction. Deprecated in 2023 and shut down January 4, 2024.
- Launched
- March 15, 2022
- Retired
- January 4, 2024
- Lifespan
- 1 year, 9 months
AI Text Classifier
Tool that claimed to detect AI-written text. Pulled less than six months later 'due to its low rate of accuracy'.
- Launched
- January 31, 2023
- Retired
- July 20, 2023
- Lifespan
- 5 months
Codex API
The specialized model series (including code-davinci-002) for natural language to code. Shut down with only 3 days' notice. Recommended replacement: gpt-4o.
- Launched
- August 10, 2021
- Retired
- March 23, 2023
- Lifespan
- 1 year, 7 months
OpenAI Gym
The industry-standard toolkit for reinforcement learning. OpenAI ceased maintenance in 2021. Recommended replacement: Gymnasium.
- Launched
- April 27, 2016
- Retired
- October 25, 2021
- Lifespan
- 5 years, 5 months
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