OpenRouter
openai/gpt-5-image-mini model retirement
Stops workingSubscribe to OpenRouterShare
On December 1, 2026, OpenRouter will retire model openai/gpt-5-image-mini. Requests sent to this model after that day will fail. This change impacts all integrations currently routing traffic to openai/gpt-5-image-mini.
The error you get from December 1, 2026
What OpenRouter answers a call to openai/gpt-5-image-mini once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:
{"error":{"message":"No endpoints found for openai/gpt-5-image-mini.","code":404}}What to use instead of openai/gpt-5-image-mini
OpenRouter stops serving it, so you must move to another model it lists.
Facts
- API
- OpenRouter
openrouter.ai - Model
openai/gpt-5-image-mini- Released
- October 16, 2025 (models.dev)
- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- December 1, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Model list
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against OpenRouter's own pages
Questions
When does openai/gpt-5-image-mini shut down?
Calls to the model openai/gpt-5-image-mini on OpenRouter stop working on December 1, 2026.
What happens to calls after December 1, 2026?
They fail from that day.
What error does openai/gpt-5-image-mini return once it is shut down?
OpenRouter answers HTTP 404: "No endpoints found for openai/gpt-5-image-mini.". Send another model to fix it.
When was openai/gpt-5-image-mini released?
openai/gpt-5-image-mini was released on October 16, 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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Is your code calling this?
Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix before December 1, 2026.