AI model retirement calendar

Nov 17, 2026 · in 14 days

• Googlegemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025→ gemini-3.8-liveearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
• Googlegemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts→ gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-ttsearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
• Googlegemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts→ gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-ttsearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
• Googlegemini-3.1-flash-live-preview→ gemini-3.8-liveearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
• Googlegemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview→ gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-ttsearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page

Nov 30, 2026 · in 27 days

• Anthropicclaude-sonnet-4-5-20250929→ claude-sonnet-5-5Anthropic's deprecation page

Dec 1, 2026 · in 28 days

• Googlegemini-2.5-flash→ gemini-3.5-flash-litegemini-2.5-flash is no longer available in Google AI Studio; effective December 1, 2026, API requests to gemini-2.5-flash will automatically route to gemini-3.5-flash-lite.earliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
• Googlegemini-2.5-pro→ gemini-3.8-flashgemini-2.5-pro is no longer available in Google AI Studio; effective December 1, 2026, API requests to gemini-2.5-pro will automatically route to gemini-3.8-flash.earliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
• OpenAIchatgpt-image-latest→ gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flareOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-image-1-mini→ gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flareOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-image-1.5also gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16→ gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flareOpenAI's deprecation page

Dec 11, 2026 · in 38 days

• OpenAIgpt-5also gpt-5-2025-08-07→ gpt-5.6-solOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-5-minialso gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07→ gpt-5.6-terraOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-5-nanoalso gpt-5-nano-2025-08-07→ gpt-5.6-lunaOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-5-proalso gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06→ gpt-5.6-sol (reasoning.mode: pro)OpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIo3also o3-2025-04-16→ gpt-5.6-solOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIo3-proalso o3-pro-2025-06-10→ gpt-5.6-sol (reasoning.mode: pro)OpenAI's deprecation page

Jan 6, 2027 · in 64 days

• OpenAIgpt-4o-mini-ttsalso gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20→ gpt-realtime-2.1-miniOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-4o-mini-ttsalso gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15→ gpt-realtime-2.1-miniOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAItts-1→ gpt-realtime-2.1-miniOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAItts-1-hd→ gpt-realtime-2.1-miniOpenAI's deprecation page

Jan 14, 2027 · in 72 days

• OpenAIGPT-4.1also gpt-4.1-2025-04-14→ gpt-6-lunaOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIGPT-4.1 minialso gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14→ gpt-6-lunaOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIGPT-4oalso gpt-4o-2024-08-06, gpt-4o-2024-11-20→ gpt-6-lunaOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIGPT-4o minialso gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18→ gpt-6-lunaOpenAI's deprecation page

Jan 20, 2027 · in 78 days

• OpenAIgpt-4o-audio→ gpt-audio-1.5OpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-4o-mini-audio→ gpt-audio-1.5OpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-4o-mini-realtime→ gpt-realtime-2.1-miniOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20→ gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15OpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-4o-realtime→ gpt-realtime-2.1OpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-audioalso gpt-audio-2025-08-28→ gpt-audio-1.5OpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-audio-minialso gpt-audio-mini-2025-12-15→ gpt-audio-1.5OpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-realtimealso gpt-realtime-2025-08-28→ gpt-realtime-2.1OpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-realtime-minialso gpt-realtime-mini-2025-12-15→ gpt-realtime-2.1-miniOpenAI's deprecation page

Feb 26, 2027 · in 115 days

• OpenAI/v1/audio/translations→ v1/realtime/translationsOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-4o-mini-transcribealso gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15→ gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribeOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-4o-transcribe→ gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribeOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-4o-transcribe-diarize→ gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribeOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIwhisper-1→ gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribeOpenAI's deprecation page

Mar 15, 2027 · in 132 days

• Googlegemini-2.5-flash-image→ gemini-3.1-flash-lite-imageearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page

Apr 1, 2027 · in 149 days

• OpenAIgpt-5.1also gpt-5.1-2025-11-13→ gpt-6-solOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-5.3-codex→ gpt-6-solOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-5.4-nanoalso gpt-5.4-nano-2026-03-17→ gpt-6-lunaOpenAI's deprecation page

May 7, 2027 · in 185 days

• Googlegemini-3.1-flash-lite→ gemini-3.5-flash-liteearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page

May 14, 2028 · in 558 days

• Googlegemini-embedding-001→ gemini-embedding-2earliest possible date · Google's deprecation page

Oct 23, 2026

• OpenAIft-o4-mini-2025-04-16→ gpt-5.6-terraOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-3.5-turbo-0125also gpt-3.5-turbo, gpt-3.5-turbo-completions→ gpt-5.6-terraOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-4-0613also gpt-4, gpt-4-0613-completions, gpt-4-completions→ gpt-5.6-solOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-4-1106-preview→ gpt-5.6-solOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-4-turboalso gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09, gpt-4-turbo-completions→ gpt-5.6-solOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-4.1-nanoalso gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14→ gpt-5.6-lunaOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-4o-2024-05-13→ gpt-5.6-solOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-image-1→ gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flareOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIo1-2024-12-17→ gpt-5.6-solOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIo1-pro-2025-03-19also o1-pro→ gpt-5.6-sol (reasoning.mode: pro)OpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIo3-mini-2025-01-31also o3-mini→ gpt-5.6-solOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIo4-mini-2025-04-16also o4-mini→ gpt-5.6-terraOpenAI's deprecation page

Oct 22, 2026

• Googlegemini-omni-flash-preview→ gemini-omni-1.1-flashearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
• Googleveo-3.1-fast-generate-preview→ gemini-omni-1.1-flashearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
• Googleveo-3.1-generate-preview→ gemini-omni-1.1-flashearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
• Googleveo-3.1-lite-generate-preview→ gemini-omni-1.1-flashearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page

Oct 1, 2026

• OpenAIgpt-5.4-cyber→ The most capable cyber model available to you.OpenAI's deprecation page

Aug 31, 2026

• Googlegemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview→ gemini-robotics-er-2-previewearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page

Aug 17, 2026

• Googleimagen-4.0-fast-generate-001→ gemini-nano-banana-2.1earliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
• Googleimagen-4.0-generate-001→ gemini-nano-banana-2.1earliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
• Googleimagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001→ gemini-nano-banana-2.1earliest possible date · Google's deprecation page

Aug 10, 2026

• Googleembedding-2-preview→ gemini-embedding-2earliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-5.2-chat-latest→ gpt-5.6-solOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-5.3-chat-latest→ gpt-5.6-solOpenAI's deprecation page

Aug 5, 2026

• Anthropicclaude-opus-4-1-20250805→ claude-opus-4-8Anthropic's deprecation page

Jul 28, 2026

• Googlegemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025→ gemini-3.8-flashearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page

Jul 23, 2026

• OpenAIcomputer-use-preview-2025-03-11also computer-use-preview→ gpt-5.6-terraOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-4o-mini-search-preview-2025-03-11→ gpt-5.6-terraOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-4o-search-preview-2025-03-11→ gpt-5.6-terraOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-5-chat-latest→ gpt-5.6-solOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-5-codex→ gpt-5.6-solOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-5.1-chat-latest→ gpt-5.6-solOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-5.1-codex→ gpt-5.6-solOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-5.1-codex-max→ gpt-5.6-solOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-5.1-codex-mini→ gpt-5.6-terraOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-5.2-codex→ gpt-5.6-solOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-audio-mini-2025-10-06→ gpt-audio-1.5OpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIgpt-realtime-mini-2025-10-06→ gpt-realtime-2.1-miniOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIo3-deep-research-2025-06-26also o3-deep-research→ gpt-5.6-solOpenAI's deprecation page
• OpenAIo4-mini-deep-research-2025-06-26also o4-mini-deep-research→ gpt-5.6-solOpenAI's deprecation page

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