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Legacy audio, realtime, and transcription snapshots scheduled for shutdown

OpenAI lists Jan 20, 2027 as the shutdown date for legacy audio/realtime/transcription identifiers.

CriticalModel DeprecationVerifiedOfficial Announcement
132d leftJan 20, 2027

Verification is under 30 days old, not a live check; date passage does not confirm shutdown.

What changed

Impact summary

OpenAI lists Jan 20, 2027 as the shutdown date for legacy audio/realtime/transcription identifiers.

BeforeLegacy audio, realtime, and dated transcription snapshots
After / replacementgpt-realtime-2.1 / gpt-audio-1.5 / gpt-realtime-2.1-mini / gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15, by workload

Affected models and systems

gpt-realtimegpt-audiogpt-4o-audiogpt-4o-realtimegpt-realtime-minigpt-audio-minigpt-4o-mini-realtimegpt-4o-mini-audiogpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20

Migration action

Recommended next step: Map each listed model ID to its official substitute under After, update realtime/audio clients, and run latency and modality regression tests before Jan 20, 2027.

Source and interpretation

API platform & regional scope

OpenAI direct API · Direct developer platform; eligibility and regional restrictions are account-specific.

Not Azure OpenAI.

Bounded manual catalog. Original event checks retained from 2026-09-01; not reverified in this expansion.

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Official evidence locators

Announcement 2026-07-20; shutdown Jan 20, 2027. Original source date and qualifier retained; exact shutdown time is not inferred.

Affected endpoints: Not separately specified; check model / capability scope

Action / deadline: Review required · Stated deadline

This record is classified as official announcement. The facts above were normalized from the provider's public developer documentation. API Change Watch does not treat an unreviewed page diff as a verified announcement.

Record revision history

  • · addition · 1c6da21f62dc

Full before/after values are retained in the JSON export. Recording time is not announcement or verification time.

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