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o3-deep-research model retirement
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On November 19, 2026, the model o3-deep-research will be retired. Calls targeting this model will fail after that date. The deprecation applies to version 2025-06-26.
What to use instead of o3-deep-research
Move to gpt-5.6-sol, which is recommended by Microsoft as the replacement.
In Azure AI Foundry's words
Model: o3-deep-research; Version: 2025-06-26; Lifecycle: Deprecated; Retirement date: 2026-11-19; Replacement: gpt-5.6-sol
Facts
- API
- Azure AI Foundry
*.services.ai.azure.com - Model
o3-deep-research- Released
- June 26, 2025 (models.dev)
- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- November 19, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Azure AI Foundry's own pages
Questions
When does o3-deep-research shut down?
Calls to the model o3-deep-research on Azure AI Foundry stop working on November 19, 2026.
What happens to calls after November 19, 2026?
They fail from that day.
When was o3-deep-research released?
o3-deep-research was released on June 26, 2025, 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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