o3-2025-04-16 — Deprecated — shutdown Dec 11, 2026
For o3-2025-04-16, provider is OpenAI; lifecycle status is Deprecated; deprecation announced is June 11, 2026; shutdown / retirement date is Dec 11, 2026; recommended replacement is gpt-5.6-sol, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28.
- Provider
- OpenAI our reading
- Model ID / API name
- o3-2025-04-16 verified
- Lifecycle status
- Deprecated
- Deprecation announced
- June 11, 2026 verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- Dec 11, 2026 verified
- Recommended replacement
- gpt-5.6-sol verified
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What the source says
| Dec 11, 2026 | `o3-2025-04-16` | `gpt-5.6-sol` |
— developers.openai.com, retrieved 2026-08-28
Where each value comes from
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Deprecation announced
On June 11, 2026, we notified developers using older GPT-5 and o3 model snapshots of their deprecation and removal from the API on December 11, 2026.
— 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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