OpenAI API Models End of Life (EOL) Dates and End of Support (EOS) Dates

Latest Release: GPT-6.1 Sol

20 OpenAI API Models versions have reached End of Life (EOL) and End of Support (EOS), including OpenAI API Models GPT-5.3 Chat (EOL date: Aug 10, 2026) — no longer receiving security updates or patches. OpenAI API Models GPT-3.5 Turbo reaches its End of Support date on Oct 23, 2026 — plan your upgrade path now. OpenAI API Models GPT-6.1 Sol is the current supported release — 38 versions in active support. Also see Azure Kubernetes Service end of life dates for related end-of-life information.

OpenAI API Models end of life dates timeline — release schedule chart of the 8 most recent OpenAI API Models versions, mapping security support windows against their EOL dates
OpenAI API Models end of life dates and end of support (EOS) dates shown as a release schedule — support windows for the 8 most recent OpenAI API Models releases of 91 total. Each bar runs from the release date to the end of security support, with the dashed line marking today. Exact OpenAI API Models EOL, EOS and EOSL dates for every version are listed in the tables below.

Currently Supported OpenAI API Models Releases - Active EOS/EOSL Support (38)

Release Aliases Recommended Replacement Released Deprecated support Active support
GPT-6.1 Sol gpt-6.1-sol, gpt-6.1-sol - (1 week ago) Active Active
GPT-6 Luna gpt-6-luna, gpt-6-luna N/A (2 weeks ago) Active Active
GPT-6 Sol gpt-6-sol, gpt-6-sol N/A (2 weeks ago) Active Active
GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst gpt-image-2.5-sunburst, gpt-image-2.5-sunburst-2026-09-08 N/A (4 weeks ago) Active Active
GPT-Image-2.5 Flare gpt-image-2.5-flare, gpt-image-2.5-flare-2026-09-08 N/A (1 month and 3 days ago) Active Active
GPT-6 Astra gpt-6-astra N/A (1 month and 3 days ago) Active Active
GPT-5.6 Cyber gpt-5.6-cyber N/A (1 month and 3 weeks ago) Active Active
GPT-Transcribe gpt-transcribe N/A (2 months ago) Active Active
GPT-Live-Transcribe gpt-live-transcribe N/A (2 months ago) Active Active
GPT-5.6 Sol gpt-5.6-sol N/A (2 months ago) Active Active
GPT-5.6 Terra gpt-5.6-terra N/A (2 months ago) Active Active
GPT-5.6 Luna gpt-5.6-luna N/A (2 months ago) Active Active
GPT-Live 1 gpt-live-1, gpt-live-1 N/A (2 months ago) Active Active
GPT-Realtime-2.1 Mini gpt-realtime-2.1-mini N/A (3 months ago) Active Active
GPT-Realtime-2.1 gpt-realtime-2.1 N/A (3 months ago) Active Active
GPT-Realtime-Whisper gpt-realtime-whisper N/A (4 months ago) Active Active
GPT-Realtime-Translate gpt-realtime-translate N/A (4 months ago) Active Active
GPT-Realtime-2 gpt-realtime-2 N/A (4 months ago) Active Active
Chat Latest chat-latest N/A (5 months ago) Active Active
GPT-5.5 Pro gpt-5.5-pro-2026-04-23 N/A (5 months ago) Active Active
GPT-5.5 gpt-5.5-2026-04-23 N/A (5 months ago) Active Active
GPT-Image-2 gpt-image-2-2026-04-21 N/A (5 months ago) Active Active
GPT-5.4 Mini gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 N/A (6 months ago) Active Active
GPT-5.4 Pro gpt-5.4-pro-2026-03-05 N/A (7 months ago) Active Active
GPT-5.4 gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 N/A (7 months ago) Active Active
GPT-Realtime-1.5 gpt-realtime-1.5 N/A (7 months ago) Active Active
GPT-Audio-1.5 gpt-audio-1.5 N/A (7 months ago) Active Active
GPT-5.2 Pro gpt-5.2-pro-2025-12-11 N/A (9 months ago) Active Active
GPT-5.2 gpt-5.2-2025-12-11 N/A (9 months ago) Active Active
gpt-oss-20b gpt-oss-20b N/A (1 year and 2 months ago) Active Active
gpt-oss-120b gpt-oss-120b N/A (1 year and 2 months ago) Active Active
GPT-4.1 Mini gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 N/A (1 year and 5 months ago) Active Active
GPT-4.1 gpt-4.1-2025-04-14 N/A (1 year and 5 months ago) Active Active
omni-moderation omni-moderation-2024-09-26 N/A (2 years ago) Active Active
GPT-4o Mini gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18 N/A (2 years and 2 months ago) Active Active
text-embedding-3-small text-embedding-3-small N/A (2 years and 8 months ago) Active Active
text-embedding-3-large text-embedding-3-large N/A (2 years and 8 months ago) Active Active
text-embedding-ada-002 text-embedding-ada-002 N/A (4 years and 8 months ago) Active Active

OpenAI API Models Releases Nearing End of Life - Support Ending Soon (33)

Important: The following OpenAI API Models releases will reach End of Life (EOL) within 6 months. Plan your migration to a supported release to ensure continued security updates and support.
Release Aliases Recommended Replacement Released Deprecated support Active support
GPT-3.5 Turbo gpt-3.5-turbo-0125, gpt-3.5-turbo-1106, gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct gpt-5.6-terra (3 years and 7 months ago) (in 2 weeks and 3 days) (5 months ago)
GPT-4 gpt-4-0613, gpt-4-0314 gpt-5.6-sol (3 years and 6 months ago) (in 2 weeks and 3 days) (5 months ago)
GPT-4 Turbo gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 gpt-5.6-sol (2 years and 11 months ago) (in 2 weeks and 3 days) (5 months ago)
GPT-4o gpt-4o-2024-11-20, gpt-4o-2024-08-06, gpt-4o-2024-05-13 gpt-5.6-sol (2 years and 4 months ago) (in 2 weeks and 3 days) (5 months ago)
o1 o1-2024-12-17 gpt-5.6-sol (1 year and 10 months ago) (in 2 weeks and 3 days) (5 months ago)
o3-mini o3-mini-2025-01-31 gpt-5.6-sol (1 year and 8 months ago) (in 2 weeks and 3 days) (5 months ago)
o1-pro o1-pro-2025-03-19 gpt-5.6-sol ( reasoning.mode: pro ) (1 year and 6 months ago) (in 2 weeks and 3 days) (5 months ago)
GPT-Image-1 gpt-image-1 gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare (1 year and 6 months ago) (in 2 weeks and 3 days) (5 months ago)
GPT-4.1 nano gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14 gpt-5.6-luna (1 year and 5 months ago) (in 2 weeks and 3 days) (5 months ago)
o4-mini o4-mini-2025-04-16 gpt-5.6-terra (1 year and 5 months ago) (in 2 weeks and 3 days) (5 months ago)
chatgpt-image-latest chatgpt-image-latest gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare (1 year and 6 months ago) (in 1 month and 3 weeks) (4 months ago)
GPT-Image-1 Mini gpt-image-1-mini gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare (1 year ago) (in 1 month and 3 weeks) (4 months ago)
GPT-Image-1.5 gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16 gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare (9 months ago) (in 1 month and 3 weeks) (4 months ago)
o3-pro o3-pro-2025-06-10 gpt-5.6-sol ( reasoning.mode: pro ) (1 year and 5 months ago) (in 2 months) (3 months ago)
o3 o3-2025-04-16 gpt-5.6-sol (1 year and 5 months ago) (in 2 months) (3 months ago)
GPT-5 Pro gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06 gpt-5.6-sol ( reasoning.mode: pro ) (1 year and 1 month ago) (in 2 months) (3 months ago)
GPT-5 nano gpt-5-nano-2025-08-07 gpt-5.6-luna (1 year and 1 month ago) (in 2 months) (3 months ago)
GPT-5 Mini gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 gpt-5.6-terra (1 year and 1 month ago) (in 2 months) (3 months ago)
GPT-5 gpt-5-2025-08-07 gpt-5.6-sol (1 year and 1 month ago) (in 2 months) (3 months ago)
TTS-1 HD tts-1-hd gpt-realtime-2.1-mini (2 years and 11 months ago) (in 3 months) (5 days ago)
TTS-1 tts-1 gpt-realtime-2.1-mini (2 years and 11 months ago) (in 3 months) (5 days ago)
GPT-4o Mini TTS gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20, gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15 gpt-realtime-2.1-mini (1 year and 6 months ago) (in 3 months) (5 days ago)
GPT-Realtime gpt-realtime-2025-08-28 gpt-realtime-2.1 (1 year and 1 month ago) (in 3 months) (2 months ago)
GPT-Realtime Mini gpt-realtime-mini-2025-10-06, gpt-realtime-mini-2025-12-15 gpt-realtime-2.1-mini (1 year ago) (in 3 months) (2 months ago)
GPT-Audio Mini gpt-audio-mini-2025-10-06, gpt-audio-mini-2025-12-15 gpt-audio-1.5 (8 months ago) (in 3 months) (2 months ago)
GPT-Audio gpt-audio-2025-08-28 gpt-audio-1.5 (8 months ago) (in 3 months) (2 months ago)
Whisper whisper-1 gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe (4 years ago) (in 4 months) (1 month and 1 week ago)
GPT-4o Transcribe gpt-4o-transcribe gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe (1 year and 6 months ago) (in 4 months) (1 month and 1 week ago)
GPT-4o Mini Transcribe gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15 gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe (1 year and 6 months ago) (in 4 months) (1 month and 1 week ago)
GPT-4o Transcribe Diarize gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe (11 months ago) (in 4 months) (1 month and 1 week ago)
GPT-5.1 gpt-5.1-2025-11-13 gpt-6-sol (10 months ago) (in 5 months) (5 days ago)
GPT-5.3-Codex gpt-5.3-codex gpt-6-sol (8 months ago) (in 5 months) (5 days ago)
GPT-5.4 nano gpt-5.4-nano-2026-03-17 gpt-6-luna (6 months ago) (in 5 months) (5 days ago)

OpenAI API Models End of Life (EOL) Releases - No Longer Supported (20)

Release Aliases Recommended Replacement Released Deprecated support Active support
GPT-5.3 Chat gpt-5.3-chat-latest gpt-5.6-sol (7 months ago) (1 month and 3 weeks ago) (4 months ago)
GPT-5.2-Codex gpt-5.2-codex gpt-5.6-sol (9 months ago) (2 months ago) (5 months ago)
GPT-5.2 Chat gpt-5.2-chat-latest gpt-5.6-sol (9 months ago) (1 month and 3 weeks ago) (4 months ago)
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max gpt-5.1-codex-max gpt-5.6-sol (10 months ago) (2 months ago) (5 months ago)
GPT-5.1-Codex Mini gpt-5.1-codex-mini gpt-5.6-terra (10 months ago) (2 months ago) (5 months ago)
GPT-5.1-Codex gpt-5.1-codex gpt-5.6-sol (10 months ago) (2 months ago) (5 months ago)
GPT-5.1 Chat gpt-5.1-chat-latest gpt-5.6-sol (10 months ago) (2 months ago) (5 months ago)
Sora 2 Pro sora-2-pro-2025-10-06, sora-2-pro — (1 year ago) (1 week and 5 days ago) (6 months ago)
Sora 2 sora-2-2025-12-08, sora-2-2025-10-06, sora-2 — (1 year ago) (1 week and 5 days ago) (6 months ago)
GPT-5-Codex gpt-5-codex gpt-5.6-sol (1 year ago) (2 months ago) (5 months ago)
GPT-5 Chat gpt-5-chat-latest gpt-5.6-sol (1 year and 1 month ago) (2 months ago) (5 months ago)
codex-mini-latest codex-mini-latest gpt-5-codex-mini (1 year and 4 months ago) (7 months ago) (10 months ago)
o4-mini-deep-research o4-mini-deep-research-2025-06-26 gpt-5.6-sol (1 year and 8 months ago) (2 months ago) (5 months ago)
o3-deep-research o3-deep-research-2025-06-26 gpt-5.6-sol (1 year and 8 months ago) (2 months ago) (5 months ago)
o1-mini o1-mini-2024-09-12 o4-mini (2 years ago) (11 months ago) (1 year and 5 months ago)
ChatGPT-4o chatgpt-4o-latest gpt-5.1-chat-latest (2 years and 1 month ago) (7 months ago) (10 months ago)
davinci-002 davinci-002 gpt-5.6-terra (3 years and 1 month ago) (1 week and 1 day ago) (1 year ago)
babbage-002 babbage-002 gpt-5.6-terra (3 years and 1 month ago) (1 week and 1 day ago) (1 year ago)
text-moderation-stable text-moderation-007 omni-moderation (4 years and 1 month ago) (11 months ago) (1 year and 5 months ago)
text-moderation text-moderation-007 omni-moderation (4 years and 1 month ago) (11 months ago) (1 year and 5 months ago)

OpenAI API Models End of Life & Support Summary

Which OpenAI API Models Versions Are Currently Supported?

OpenAI API Models currently has 38 supported releases. OpenAI API Models GPT-6.1 Sol is the latest. OpenAI API Models GPT-6 Luna. Note that OpenAI API Models GPT-3.5 Turbo support ends on Oct 23, 2026 — plan your upgrade before then. Also see Heroku Postgres end of service life for related end-of-life information.

OpenAI API Models Versions Nearing End of Life

33 OpenAI API Models releases are reaching End of Life (EOL) within 6 months. OpenAI API Models GPT-3.5 Turbo support ends on Oct 23, 2026. OpenAI API Models GPT-4 follows on Oct 23, 2026. Upgrade to OpenAI API Models GPT-6.1 Sol to stay on a supported release. Also see Anthropic Claude EOSL dates for related end-of-life information.

OpenAI API Models End of Life (EOL) Version History

20 OpenAI API Models releases have reached End of Life (EOL) and End of Support (EOS) — no longer receiving updates or patches. OpenAI API Models GPT-5.3 Chat reached EOL on Aug 10, 2026. OpenAI API Models GPT-6.1 Sol is the recommended upgrade for users still on End of Life versions.