AI model shutdown schedule

Every announced retirement for OpenAI, Anthropic and Google Gemini models, with the replacement and the days left. Updated 2026-11-02.

Dates on each provider’s own API unless noted. Amazon Bedrock and Vertex AI often run on different dates.
ShutdownModelReplacementDays
Nov 30, 2026Claude Sonnet 4.5claude-sonnet-4-5  Claude APIClaude Sonnet 5.528days leftCheck the switch
Dec 1, 2026gpt-image-1-mini and gpt-image-1.5gpt-image-1-mini, gpt-image-1.5, chatgpt-image-latest  OpenAI APIgpt-image-2.5 (sunburst or flare)29days leftCheck the switch
Dec 11, 2026GPT-5, GPT-5 Pro and o3gpt-5, gpt-5-pro, o3, o3-pro  OpenAI APIGPT-5.6 Sol39days leftCheck the switch
Dec 11, 2026GPT-5 minigpt-5-mini  OpenAI APIGPT-5.6 Terra39days leftCheck the switch
Dec 11, 2026GPT-5 nanogpt-5-nano  OpenAI APIGPT-5.6 Luna39days leftCheck the switch
Jan 6, 2027tts-1 and gpt-4o-mini-ttstts-1, tts-1-hd, gpt-4o-mini-tts  OpenAI APIgpt-realtime-2.1-mini65days leftCheck the switch
Jan 14, 2027GPT-4o, GPT-4o mini, GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 minigpt-4o, gpt-4o-mini, gpt-4.1, gpt-4.1-mini  OpenAI APIGPT-6 Luna73days leftCheck the switch
Jan 20, 2027gpt-realtime and gpt-4o-realtimegpt-realtime, gpt-4o-realtime  OpenAI APIgpt-realtime-2.179days leftCheck the switch
Jan 20, 2027gpt-realtime-mini and gpt-4o-mini-realtimegpt-realtime-mini, gpt-4o-mini-realtime  OpenAI APIgpt-realtime-2.1-mini79days leftCheck the switch
Jan 20, 2027gpt-audio modelsgpt-audio, gpt-audio-mini, gpt-4o-audio, gpt-4o-mini-audio  OpenAI APIgpt-audio-1.579days leftCheck the switch
Feb 26, 2027whisper-1 and gpt-4o-transcribewhisper-1, gpt-4o-transcribe, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe, gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize  OpenAI APIgpt-transcribe or gpt-live-transcribe116days leftCheck the switch
Apr 1, 2027GPT-5.1 and gpt-5.3-codexgpt-5.1, gpt-5.3-codex  OpenAI APIGPT-6 Sol150days leftCheck the switch
Apr 1, 2027GPT-5.4 nanogpt-5.4-nano  OpenAI APIGPT-6 Luna150days leftCheck the switch
Not before
Oct 15, 2026		Claude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5  Claude APIClaude Haiku 5.5TBAnot announced
Not before
Oct 20, 2026		Gemini 2.5 Pro, Flash and Flash-Lite (Vertex AI)gemini-2.5-pro, gemini-2.5-flash, gemini-2.5-flash-lite  Vertex AIGemini 3.8 FlashTBAnot announcedCheck the switch
Not before
Nov 17, 2026		Gemini TTS previewsgemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview, gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts, gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts  Gemini APIGemini 3.8 Flash TTS or Flash-Lite TTSTBAnot beforeCheck the switch
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Nov 17, 2026		Gemini Live previewsgemini-3.1-flash-live-preview, gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025  Gemini APIGemini 3.8 LiveTBAnot beforeCheck the switch
Not before
Nov 24, 2026		Claude Opus 4.5claude-opus-4-5  Claude APINot announcedTBAnot before
Not before
Mar 15, 2027		Gemini 2.5 Flash Imagegemini-2.5-flash-image  Gemini APIGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite ImageTBAnot beforeCheck the switch
Not before
May 7, 2027		Gemini 3.1 Flash-Litegemini-3.1-flash-lite  Gemini APIGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteTBAnot beforeCheck the switch
Oct 23, 2026GPT-4, GPT-4 Turbo, GPT-3.5 Turbo, o1, o1-pro, o3-mini, o4-mini, GPT-4.1 nanogpt-4, gpt-4-32k, gpt-4-turbo, gpt-4o-2024-05-13 ...  OpenAI APIGPT-5.6 (Sol, Terra or Luna)10days agoCheck the switch
Oct 23, 2026gpt-image-1gpt-image-1  OpenAI APIgpt-image-2.5 (sunburst or flare)10days ago
Aug 5, 2026Claude Opus 4.1claude-opus-4-1  Claude APIClaude Opus 4.889days agoCheck the switch
Jul 28, 2026Gemini 2.5 Computer Use (preview)gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025  Gemini APIGemini 3.8 Flash97days ago
Jun 15, 2026Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4claude-sonnet-4, claude-sonnet-4-0, claude-opus-4, claude-opus-4-0  Claude APIClaude Sonnet 5.5140days agoCheck the switch
Jun 1, 2026Gemini 2.0 Flash and Flash-Litegemini-2.0-flash, gemini-2.0-flash-lite  Gemini APIGemini 3.8 Flash154days agoCheck the switch
May 7, 2026gpt-4o-realtime-previewgpt-4o-realtime-preview  OpenAI APIgpt-realtime-2.1179days ago
Apr 20, 2026Claude 3.x (Opus 3, Sonnet 3.7, Haiku 3.5, Haiku 3)claude-3-opus, claude-3-opus-latest, claude-3-7-sonnet, claude-3-7-sonnet-latest ...  Claude APIClaude Haiku 5.5196days agoCheck the switch
Mar 26, 2026GPT-4 Turbo Previewgpt-4-turbo-preview, gpt-4-0125-preview  OpenAI APIGPT-5.6 Terra221days ago
Mar 9, 2026Gemini 3 Pro (preview)gemini-3-pro-preview  Gemini APINot announced238days ago