Which Azure OpenAI models shut down on October 15, 2026?
Azure OpenAI shut down these 4 models on October 15, 2026: gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20, gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20, gpt-4o-transcribe-2025-03-20, and sora-2-2025-12-08.
Azure OpenAI shut down 4 models on October 15, 2026: gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20, gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20, gpt-4o-transcribe-2025-03-20, and sora-2-2025-12-08. No official replacement is published for these models. Requests to these models started failing on that date.
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| Model | Status | Replacement | Migrate | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gpt-4o-mini-transcribe (2025-03-20) (gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20) | retired | Not published | Not published | Azure OpenAI retirement schedule (checked 2026-10-24) |
| gpt-4o-mini-tts (2025-03-20) (gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20) | retired | Not published | Not published | Azure OpenAI retirement schedule (checked 2026-10-24) |
| gpt-4o-transcribe (2025-03-20) (gpt-4o-transcribe-2025-03-20) | retired | Not published | Not published | Azure OpenAI retirement schedule (checked 2026-10-24) |
| sora-2 (2025-12-08) (sora-2-2025-12-08) | retired | Not published | Not published | Azure OpenAI retirement schedule (checked 2026-10-24) |
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Azure OpenAI shut down these 4 models on October 15, 2026: gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20, gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20, gpt-4o-transcribe-2025-03-20, and sora-2-2025-12-08.
No official replacement is published for these models. The table lists the replacement for each model.
These models shut down on October 15, 2026. Requests started failing on that date.