gpt-5-mini — GA — shutdown 2027-02-09
For gpt-5-mini, provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry; lifecycle status is GA; shutdown / retirement date is 2027-02-09; platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-10-13.
- Provider
- Microsoft Azure / Foundry our reading
- Model ID / API name
- gpt-5-mini verified
- Human-readable model name
- gpt-5-mini verified
- Lifecycle status
- GA verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2027-02-09 verified
- Platform / deployment scope
- Azure / Microsoft Foundry our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
| gpt-5-mini | 2025-08-07 | GA | 2027-02-09 | — |
— learn.microsoft.com, retrieved 2026-08-28
Where each value comes from
The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.
Shutdown / retirement date
| Model | Version | Lifecycle | Retirement date | Replacement | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | codex-mini | 2025-05-16 | Deprecated | 2026-11-15 | — | | gpt-4.1 | 2025-04-14 | Deprecated | 2027-04-14 | — | | gpt-4.1-mini | 2025-04-14 | Deprecated | 2027-04-14 | — | | gpt-4.1-nano | 2025-04-14 | Deprecated | 2027-04-14 | — | | gpt-4o | 2024-05-13 | Deprecated | 2026-12-09 | gpt-5.6-sol | | gpt-4o | 2024-08-06 | Deprecated | 2027-04-14 | gpt-5.1 | | gpt-4o | 2024-11-20 | Legacy | 2027-04-14 | gpt-5.1 | | gpt-4o-mini | 2024-07-18 | Deprecated | 2027-04-14 | — | | gpt-4o-mini-transcribe | 2025-03-20 | GA | 2026-10-15 | — | | gpt-4o-mini-transcribe | 2025-12-15 | GA | 2027-06-15 | — | | gpt-4o-mini-tts | 2025-03-20 | Preview | 2026-10-15 | — | | gpt-4o-mini-tts | 2025-12-15 | GA | 2027-06-15 | — | | gpt-4o-transcribe | 2025-03-20 | GA | 2026-10-15 | — | | gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize | 2025-10-15 | GA | 2027-04-15 | — | | gpt-5 | 2025-08-07 | GA | 2027-02-09 | — | | gpt-5-chat | 2025-08-07 | Retired | 2026-06-29 | gpt-chat-latest | | gpt-5-chat | 2025-10-03 | Retired | 2026-05-13 | gpt-chat-latest | | gpt-5-codex | 2025-09-15 | GA | 2027-03-17 | — | | gpt-5-mini | 2025-08-07 | GA | 2027-02-09 | — |
— all from learn.microsoft.com, retrieved 2026-08-28
Source
- learn.microsoft.comhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
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