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gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16 model retirement
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On December 1, 2026, OpenAI will shut down the model gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16. Calls that request this model will fail after that date.
The error you get from December 1, 2026
What OpenAI answers a call to gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16 once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:
{"error":{"message":"The model `gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16` 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-image-1.5-2025-12-16
Move to gpt-image-2.6-sunburst or gpt-image-2.6-flare, recommended by OpenAI.
In OpenAI's words
Shutdown date: Dec 1, 2026; Model / system: gpt-image-1.5 | gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16; Recommended replacement: gpt-image-2.6-sunburst or gpt-image-2.6-flare
Facts
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gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- December 1, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against OpenAI's own pages
Questions
When does gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16 shut down?
Calls to the model gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16 on OpenAI stop working on December 1, 2026.
What happens to calls after December 1, 2026?
They fail from that day.
What error does gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16 return once it is shut down?
OpenAI answers HTTP 404: "The model `gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16` has been deprecated, learn more here: https://platform.openai.com/docs/deprecations". Send another model to fix it.
How do I find the calls this hits in my code?
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