gpt-audio-mini — Deprecated — shutdown Jan 20, 2027
For gpt-audio-mini, provider is OpenAI; lifecycle status is Deprecated; deprecation announced is July 20, 2026; shutdown / retirement date is Jan 20, 2027; recommended replacement is gpt-audio-1.5, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28.
- Provider
- OpenAI our reading
- Model ID / API name
- gpt-audio-mini verified
- Lifecycle status
- Deprecated
- Deprecation announced
- July 20, 2026 verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- Jan 20, 2027 verified
- Recommended replacement
- gpt-audio-1.5 verified
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What the source says
| Jan 20, 2027 | `gpt-audio-mini` | `gpt-audio-1.5` |
— developers.openai.com, retrieved 2026-08-28
Where each value comes from
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Deprecation announced
On July 20, 2026, we notified developers using legacy audio, realtime, and transcription model families and snapshots of their deprecation and removal from the API on January 20, 2027.
— all from developers.openai.com, retrieved 2026-08-28
Sources
- developers.openai.comhttps://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations.md
- platform.openai.comhttps://platform.openai.com/docs/deprecations
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