Model provider · OpenAI API
OpenAI model and API lifecycle
Tracks official OpenAI deprecations and migration guidance for API models, endpoints, tools, and request fields.
2Verified changes
1Upcoming cutoffs
9Affected identifiers
2Official sources
Action required
Upcoming OpenAI deadlines
Complete and regression-test each migration before the provider's announced cutoff.
Verified September 11, 2026
Published OpenAI lifecycle changes
Exact symptoms and migration actions, linked to the official platform documentation used for verification.
OpenAI Assistants API shuts down on August 26, 2026
OpenAI is removing the Assistants API and directs developers to the Responses API and Conversations API.
api sunsetInventory Assistants and Threads SDK usage, map it to Responses and Conversations, migrate stored state, and run end-to-end tool and conversation tests before August 26.
Four legacy OpenAI models shut down on September 28, 2026
OpenAI is removing four older GPT and base-model IDs and recommends GPT-5.4 mini or GPT-5 mini.
model shutdownReplace the retired model ID with an official recommended model, update the API request shape where required, and regression-test prompts and outputs.
Official OpenAI source coverage
Change Radar monitors 2 first-party OpenAI documentation pages using a dedicated lifecycle ledger. These are the source pages used to qualify lifecycle records for publication.
- OpenAI API deprecations — OpenAI API
- Assistants to Conversations migration guide — OpenAI API