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33Upcoming deprecations are listed below, with the most recent announcements at the top.33Upcoming deprecations are listed below, with the most recent announcements at the top.
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35### 2026-07-20: Legacy audio, realtime, and transcription models
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37On July 20, 2026, we notified developers using legacy audio, realtime, and transcription model families and snapshots of their deprecation and removal from the API on January 20, 2027.
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39| Shutdown date | Model family / snapshot | Recommended replacement |
40| ------------- | ----------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
41| Jan 20, 2027 | `gpt-realtime` | `gpt-realtime-2.1` |
42| Jan 20, 2027 | `gpt-audio` | `gpt-audio-1.5` |
43| Jan 20, 2027 | `gpt-4o-audio` | `gpt-audio-1.5` |
44| Jan 20, 2027 | `gpt-4o-realtime` | `gpt-realtime-2.1` |
45| Jan 20, 2027 | `gpt-realtime-mini` | `gpt-realtime-2.1-mini` |
46| Jan 20, 2027 | `gpt-audio-mini` | `gpt-audio-1.5` |
47| Jan 20, 2027 | `gpt-4o-mini-realtime` | `gpt-realtime-2.1-mini` |
48| Jan 20, 2027 | `gpt-4o-mini-audio` | `gpt-audio-1.5` |
49| Jan 20, 2027 | `gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20` | `gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15` |
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35### 2026-06-11: GPT-5 and o3 model deprecations51### 2026-06-11: GPT-5 and o3 model deprecations
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37On June 11, 2026, we notified developers using older GPT-5 and o3 model snapshots of their deprecation and removal from the API on December 11, 2026.53On June 11, 2026, we notified developers using older GPT-5 and o3 model snapshots of their deprecation and removal from the API on December 11, 2026.