Shutdown calendar / OpenAI API
o4-mini-2025-04-16 shuts down on Oct 23, 2026
That is 26 days from the last dataset check (Sep 27, 2026).
The provider recommends gpt-5.6-terra.
| Platform | ID | Shutdown | Recommended replacement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI API | o4-mini-2025-04-16 | Oct 23, 2026 in 26 days | gpt-5.6-terra | official page |
What breaks
- Requests fail. After Oct 23, 2026 every call that names
o4-mini-2025-04-16or its aliaseso4-minireturns 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 "o4-mini-2025-04-16" --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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