Shutdown calendar / OpenAI API
codex-mini-latest shut down on Feb 12, 2026
It is already gone: requests to it fail.
The provider recommends gpt-5-codex-mini.
| Platform | ID | Shutdown | Recommended replacement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI API | codex-mini-latest | Feb 12, 2026 shut down 227d ago | gpt-5-codex-mini | official page |
What breaks
- Requests fail. After Feb 12, 2026 every call that names
codex-mini-latestreturns an error on OpenAI API. Nothing is migrated for you. - Output changes. A newer model answers differently: length, format, refusals and JSON shape can all shift. Run your own prompts through both models before the date and compare.
Find it in your code
Quick look:
grep -rnF "codex-mini-latest" --include=*.{py,js,ts,go,java,rb,yaml,yml,json,env} .Or scan the whole repo for this and every other retiring model, including parameters the replacement rejects:
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