OpenAI gpt-realtime, gpt-realtime-mini, gpt-audio and gpt-4o realtime/audio models: sunset date 2027-01-20
The sunset date for these OpenAI realtime and audio models is 2027-01-20, which is 102 days after 2026-10-10, the date this data was compiled.
- Provider
- OpenAI
- Category
- ai-model
- Sunset date
- 2027-01-20 (102 days remaining as of 2026-10-10)
- What stops working
- Realtime and audio requests naming these model IDs fail after the shutdown date.
- Replacement
- gpt-realtime-2.1, gpt-realtime-2.1-mini or gpt-audio-1.5
Source
OpenAI API deprecations, developers.openai.com (printed as text, not linked). Read on 2026-10-10. Confirm the date on that page before acting.
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