o3-mini
For o3-mini, provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry; lifecycle status is Deprecated; shutdown / retirement date is 2026-10-01; recommended replacement is o4-mini; platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry, recorded from its source on 2026-08-12.
- Provider
- Microsoft Azure / Foundry
- Model ID / API name
- o3-mini verified
- Human-readable model name
- o3-mini verified
- Lifecycle status
- Deprecated verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2026-10-01 verified
- Recommended replacement
- o4-mini verified
- Platform / deployment scope
- Azure / Microsoft Foundry our reading
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What the source says
o3-mini | 2025-01-31 | Deprecated | 2026-10-01 | o4-mini |
— learn.microsoft.com, retrieved 2026-08-12
Source
- learn.microsoft.comhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule