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[Azure OpenAI] [Model Retirement] Update retirement dates + add lifecycle status
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‎articles/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/legacy-models.md

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| Model | Deprecation date | Retirement date | Suggested replacement |
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| `o1-preview` | | July 28, 2025 | `o1` |
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| `gpt-4.5-preview` | | July 14, 2025 | `gpt-4.1` version: `2025-04-14` |
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| `gpt-4o-realtime-preview` - 2024-10-01 | February 25, 2025 | March 26, 2025 | `gpt-4o-realtime-preview` (version 2024-12-17) or `gpt-4o-mini-realtime-preview` (version 2024-12-17) |
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| `gpt-35-turbo` - 0301 | | February 13, 2025 | `gpt-35-turbo` (0125) <br><br> `gpt-4o-mini` |

‎articles/ai-foundry/openai/includes/retirement/models.md

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| `o1-preview` | 2024-09-12 | July 28, 2025 | `o1` |
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| `computer-use-preview` | 2025-03-11 | No earlier than September 1, 2025 | |
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| `gpt-35-turbo` | 1106 | No earlier than September 1, 2025 | `gpt-4.1-mini` version: `2025-04-14` |
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| `gpt-35-turbo` | 0125 | No earlier than September 1, 2025 | `gpt-4.1-mini` version: `2025-04-14` |
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| `gpt-4` | turbo-2024-04-09| No earlier than September 1, 2025 | `gpt-4o` version: `2024-11-20` |
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| `model router` | 2025-05-19 | No earlier than September 1, 2025 | |
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| `gpt-4o` | 2024-05-13 | No earlier than September 15, 2025 | `gpt-4.1` version: `2025-04-14` |
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| `gpt-4o-mini` | 2024-07-18 | No earlier than September 15, 2025 | `gpt-4.1-mini` version: `2025-04-14` |
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| `gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct` | 0914 | No earlier than September 16, 2025 | |
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| `o1-mini` | 2024-09-12 | No earlier than September 26, 2025 | |
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| `gpt-4o` | 2024-08-06 | No earlier than October 15, 2025 | `gpt-4.1` version: `2025-04-14` |
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| `o1` | 2024-12-17 | No earlier than December 17, 2025 | |
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| `o3-mini` | 2025-01-31 | No earlier than February 1, 2026 | |
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| `gpt-4o` | 2024-11-20 | No earlier than March 1, 2026 | `gpt-4.1` version: `2025-04-14` |
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| `gpt-4.1` | 2025-04-14 | No earlier than April 11, 2026 | |
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| `gpt-4.1-mini` | 2025-04-14 | No earlier than April 11, 2026 | |
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| `gpt-4.1-nano` | 2025-04-14 | No earlier than April 11, 2026 | |
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| `o4-mini` | 2025-04-16 | No earlier than April 11, 2026 | |
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| `o3` | 2025-04-16 | No earlier than April 11, 2026 | |
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| Model | Version | Lifecycle<br>Status | Retirement date | Replacement model |
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| `computer-use-preview` | 2025-03-11 | Preview | No earlier than October 10, 2025 | |
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| `o1-mini` | 2024-09-12 | Generally Available | No earlier than October 27, 2025 | |
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| `gpt-5-chat` | 2025-08-07 | Preview | No earlier than November 15, 2025 | |
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| `model-router` | 2025-05-19 | Preview | No earlier than November 30, 2025 | |
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| `model-router` | 2025-08-07 | Preview | No earlier than November 30, 2025 | |
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| `o3-mini` | 2025-01-31 | Generally Available | No earlier than February 1, 2026 | |
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| `gpt-35-turbo` | 1106 | Generally Available | No earlier than February 27, 2026 | `gpt-4.1-mini` version: `2025-04-14` |
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| `gpt-35-turbo` | 0125 | Generally Available | No earlier than February 27, 2026 | `gpt-4.1-mini` version: `2025-04-14` |
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| `gpt-4` | turbo-2024-04-09 | Generally Available | No earlier than February 27, 2026 | `gpt-4o` version: `2024-11-20` |
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| `gpt-4o` | 2024-05-13 | Generally Available | No earlier than February 27, 2026 | `gpt-4.1` version: `2025-04-14` |
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| `gpt-4o-mini` | 2024-07-18 | Generally Available | No earlier than February 27, 2026 | `gpt-4.1-mini` version: `2025-04-14` |
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| `gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct` | 0914 | Generally Available | No earlier than February 27, 2026 | |
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| `gpt-4o` | 2024-08-06 | Generally Available | No earlier than February 27, 2026 | `gpt-4.1` version: `2025-04-14` |
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| `gpt-4o` | 2024-11-20 | Generally Available | No earlier than March 1, 2026 | `gpt-4.1` version: `2025-04-14` |
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| `gpt-4.1` | 2025-04-14 | Generally Available | No earlier than April 11, 2026 | |
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| `gpt-4.1-mini` | 2025-04-14 | Generally Available | No earlier than April 11, 2026 | |
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| `gpt-4.1-nano` | 2025-04-14 | Generally Available | No earlier than April 11, 2026 | |
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| `o4-mini` | 2025-04-16 | Generally Available | No earlier than April 11, 2026 | |
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| `o3` | 2025-04-16 | Generally Available | No earlier than April 11, 2026 | |
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| `o3-pro` | 2025-06-10 | Generally Available | No earlier than June 18, 2026 | |
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| `codex-mini` | 2025-05-16 | Generally Available | No earlier than June 19, 2026 | |
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| `o3-deep-research` | 2025-06-26 | Generally Available | No earlier than June 26, 2026 | |
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| `o1` | 2024-12-17 | Generally Available | No earlier than July 15, 2026 | |
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| `gpt-5` | 2025-08-07 | Generally Available | No earlier than August 7, 2026 | |
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| `gpt-5-mini` | 2025-08-07 | Generally Available | No earlier than August 7, 2026 | |
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| `gpt-5-nano` | 2025-08-07 | Generally Available | No earlier than August 7, 2026 | |
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| `gpt-4o-mini-realtime-preview` | 2024-12-17 | No earlier than September 17, 2025 | |
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| `gpt-4o-realtime-preview` | 2024-12-17 | No earlier than September 17, 2025 | |
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| `gpt-4o-audio-preview` | 2024-12-17 | No earlier than September 17, 2025 | |
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| `gpt-4o-audio-preview` | 2024-12-17 | No earlier than September 17, 2025 | |
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| `gpt-4o-transcribe` | 2025-03-20 | No earlier than September 17, 2025 | |
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| `gpt-4o-mini-tts` | 2025-03-20 | No earlier than September 17, 2025 | |
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| `gpt-4o-mini-transcribe` | 2025-03-20 | No earlier than September 17, 2025 | |
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| `tts` | 001 | No earlier than February 1, 2026 | |
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| `tts-hd` | 001 | No earlier than February 1, 2026 | |
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| `gpt-4o-realtime-preview` | 2025-06-03 | Preview | No earlier than September 1, 2025 | |
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| `gpt-4o-mini-realtime-preview` | 2024-12-17 | Preview | No earlier than September 17, 2025 | |
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| `gpt-4o-realtime-preview` | 2024-12-17 | Preview | No earlier than September 17, 2025 | |
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| `gpt-4o-audio-preview` | 2024-12-17 | Preview | No earlier than September 17, 2025 | |
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| `gpt-4o-audio-preview` | 2024-12-17 | Preview | No earlier than September 17, 2025 | |
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| `gpt-4o-transcribe` | 2025-03-20 | Preview | No earlier than September 17, 2025 | |
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| `gpt-4o-mini-tts` | 2025-03-20 | Preview | No earlier than September 17, 2025 | |
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| `gpt-4o-mini-transcribe` | 2025-03-20 | Preview | No earlier than September 17, 2025 | |
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| `tts` | 001 | Generally Available | No earlier than February 1, 2026 | |
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| `tts-hd` | 001 | Generally Available | No earlier than February 1, 2026 | |
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| `dalle-3` | 3 | Generally Available | No earlier than October 31, 2025 | |
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| `gpt-image-1` | 2025-04-15 | Preview | No earlier than October 31, 2025 | |
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| `text-embedding-ada-002` | 2 | No earlier than April 30, 2026 | `text-embedding-3-small` or `text-embedding-3-large` |
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| `text-embedding-ada-002` | 1 | Generally Available | No earlier than April 30, 2026 | `text-embedding-3-small` or `text-embedding-3-large` |
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| `text-embedding-3-small` | 1 | Generally Available | No earlier than April 30, 2026 | |
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