# gpt-5-chat — version 2025-08-07 — Retired — shutdown 2026-06-29

For gpt-5-chat, provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry; lifecycle status is Retired; shutdown / retirement date is 2026-06-29; recommended replacement is gpt-chat-latest; platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry; model version is 2025-08-07, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-09-16.

- **Provider:** Microsoft Azure / Foundry _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Model ID / API name:** gpt-5-chat _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Model version:** 2025-08-07 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Human-readable model name:** gpt-5-chat _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** Retired _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** 2026-06-29 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** gpt-chat-latest _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Platform / deployment scope:** Azure / Microsoft Foundry _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> | gpt-5-chat | 2025-08-07 | Retired | 2026-06-29 | gpt-chat-latest |

## Source

- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-ai-docs/main/articles/foundry/openai/includes/concepts-model-retirement-schedule-content.md
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule

Last verified: 2026-09-16. Review by: 2026-10-16.
Part of [AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider](https://referencesource.org/ai-model-deprecation-and-retirement/).