# gpt-3.5-turbo

Calls to the model gpt-3.5-turbo on OpenAI stopped working on October 23, 2026.

Model gpt-3.5-turbo was retired on October 23, 2026. Calls to this model fail since that date. The shutdown also covers snapshots gpt-3.5-turbo-0125 and gpt-3.5-turbo-completions.

## The error OpenAI returns once gpt-3.5-turbo is gone

HTTP 404

```json
{"error":{"message":"The model `gpt-3.5-turbo` has been deprecated, learn more here: https://platform.openai.com/docs/deprecations","type":"invalid_request_error","param":null,"code":"model_not_found"}}
```

## What to use instead

Move to gpt-5.6-terra, recommended by OpenAI.

- API: OpenAI (api.openai.com)
- Model: gpt-3.5-turbo
- Released: March 1, 2023 (models.dev)
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: October 23, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model gpt-3.5-turbo`
- Source: [Deprecations page](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against OpenAI's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/openai/gpt-3.5-turbo/

## OpenAI's words

> Shutdown date: October 23, 2026; Model snapshot: gpt-3.5-turbo-0125 | gpt-3.5-turbo , gpt-3.5-turbo-completions; Substitute model: gpt-5.6-terra

Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix: https://github.com/apps/okapi-agent