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Azure AI Foundry gpt-4o model retirement

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On January 14, 2027, the gpt-4o model will be retired. Calls using model gpt-4o will fail after that day. The deprecation applies to version 2024-05-13.


What to use instead of gpt-4o

Move to gpt-5.1 version 2025-11-13. Note that gpt-5.1 stops working on July 13, 2027.

In Azure AI Foundry's words

Model: gpt-4o; Version: 2024-05-13; Lifecycle: Deprecated; Retirement date: 2027-01-14 2; Replacement: gpt-5.1 (2025-11-13)

Azure AI Foundry, Deprecations page

Facts

API
Azure AI Foundry *.services.ai.azure.com
Model
gpt-4o
Released
May 13, 2024 (models.dev)
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
January 14, 2027
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against Azure AI Foundry's own pages

Questions

When does gpt-4o shut down?

Calls to the model gpt-4o on Azure AI Foundry stop working on January 14, 2027.

What happens to calls after January 14, 2027?

They fail from that day.

When was gpt-4o released?

gpt-4o was released on May 13, 2024, according to models.dev.

How do I find the calls this hits in my code?

Okapi reads your repository, finds the calls this change hits and opens a pull request with the fix. It never commits to your branches: every change comes as a pull request you review.


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Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix before January 14, 2027.

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