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gpt-4o-mini-transcribe model retirement
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On February 26, 2027, OpenAI will shut down the gpt-4o-mini-transcribe model. Any API requests targeting model gpt-4o-mini-transcribe will fail after this date. This retirement also covers gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15.
The error you get from February 26, 2027
What OpenAI answers a call to gpt-4o-mini-transcribe once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:
{"error":{"message":"The model `gpt-4o-mini-transcribe` 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 of gpt-4o-mini-transcribe
Switch to gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe. Moving to gpt-live-transcribe requires more than updating an identifier, as it only runs in Realtime transcription sessions (/v1/realtime/transcription_sessions) where audio is streamed in and transcript deltas are returned, instead of uploading files to /v1/audio/transcriptions.
gpt-live-transcribe only runs in Realtime transcription sessions (/v1/realtime/transcription_sessions): audio is streamed in and transcript deltas come back, with no file upload to /v1/audio/transcriptions.
In OpenAI's words
Shutdown date: Feb 26, 2027; Model / system: gpt-4o-mini-transcribe | gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15; Recommended replacement: gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe
Facts
- API
- OpenAI
api.openai.com - Model
gpt-4o-mini-transcribe- Released
- March 20, 2025 (models.dev)
- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- February 26, 2027
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against OpenAI's own pages
Questions
When does gpt-4o-mini-transcribe shut down?
Calls to the model gpt-4o-mini-transcribe on OpenAI stop working on February 26, 2027.
What happens to calls after February 26, 2027?
They fail from that day.
What error does gpt-4o-mini-transcribe return once it is shut down?
OpenAI answers HTTP 404: "The model `gpt-4o-mini-transcribe` has been deprecated, learn more here: https://platform.openai.com/docs/deprecations". Send another model to fix it.
When was gpt-4o-mini-transcribe released?
gpt-4o-mini-transcribe was released on March 20, 2025, according to models.dev.
How do I find the calls this hits in my code?
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Is your code calling this?
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