dall-e-3 — Retired — shutdown 2026-05-12
For dall-e-3, provider is OpenAI; lifecycle status is Retired; deprecation announced is November 14th, 2025; shutdown / retirement date is 2026-05-12; recommended replacement is gpt-image-2, gpt-image-1, or gpt-image-1-mini, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28.
- Provider
- OpenAI our reading
- Model ID / API name
- dall-e-3 verified
- Lifecycle status
- Retired
- Deprecation announced
- November 14th, 2025 verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2026-05-12 verified
- Recommended replacement
- gpt-image-2, gpt-image-1, or gpt-image-1-mini verified
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What the source says
2026-05-12 | dall-e-3 | gpt-image-2, gpt-image-1, or gpt-image-1-mini |
— platform.openai.com, retrieved 2026-08-28
Where each value comes from
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Deprecation announced
On November 14th, 2025, we notified developers using DALL·E model snapshots of their deprecation and removal from the API on May 12, 2026.
— all from platform.openai.com, retrieved 2026-08-28
Source
- platform.openai.comhttps://platform.openai.com/docs/deprecations
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