Release Notes
Tracking the OpenAI changelog
This channel is the OpenAI model and API release timeline. Every entry is sourced from platform.openai.com/docs/changelog with an impact assessment. It covers model releases (e.g. the 2026-07-09 GPT-5.6 family), pricing changes, and API deprecations (e.g. the 2026-05-12 DALL·E and Realtime Beta retirement). Manually verified weekly, with dataSourcedAt updated each pass.
9 article(s) total
What you'll learn in this channel
These are the core topics this channel covers. Each featured article unpacks several of them in depth.
- GPT-5.6 family launch
- Realtime 2.x upgrades
- DALL·E & Realtime Beta retirement
- Pricing changes
- API deprecations
- Next-quarter outlook
GPT Image 2 deprecated: API removal on February 10, 2027, official replacement is GPT Image 2.6
OpenAI announced on 2026-11-10 that gpt-image-2 and its snapshot gpt-image-2-2026-04-21 are deprecated, with API removal on 2027-02-10. Official replacements: gpt-image-2.6-sunburst or flare. Rates and endpoints unchanged.
Read articleOpenAI's October changelog, backfilled: GPT-6 Rosalind, ChatGPT subscription API credits, and 12-hour prompt caching
With developers.openai.com reachable again, this site fetched the official API changelog in full for the first time since September: GPT-6 Rosalind, up to $500/month in subscriber API credits, GPT-6.1 Terra, and 12-hour prompt caching.
Read articleOpenAI Evals go read-only on 2026-10-31: the migration checklist before the 2026-11-30 shutdown
The deprecation page timeline (verified 2026-10-31): existing evals become read-only on 2026-10-31; the Evals dashboard and API shut down 2026-11-30. The same day also ends v1/prompts and Agent Builder. Official Evals path: Promptfoo.
Read articleThe 2026-10-23 legacy snapshot shutdown day: 17 model rows go offline, with the official replacement table
The legacy GPT snapshot batch announced 2026-04-22 expires today: gpt-4-0613, gpt-4-turbo, gpt-4o-2024-05-13, gpt-4.1-nano, o1, o1-pro, o3-mini, o4-mini, gpt-image-1 and fine-tuned versions shut down with row-by-row official replacements.
Read articleOpenAI's October 2026 deprecation wave: GPT-4o and GPT-4.1 on 2027-01-14, TTS to gpt-realtime-2.1-mini
The deprecations page is back: four announcements - GPT-4o / GPT-4.1 families (2027-01-14, to gpt-6-luna), gpt-5.1 / gpt-5.3-codex / gpt-5.4-nano (2027-04-01, to gpt-6-sol / gpt-6-luna), TTS four-pack (2027-01-06, gpt-realtime-2.1-mini).
Read articleOpenAI Deprecation Lifecycle Guide: Notice Periods, Shutdown Calendar, Migration Checklist
How OpenAI retires models and APIs: the official difference between deprecation, shut down, and legacy; notice floors of 6 months (GA) and 3 months (specialized variants); real case timelines; and a five-step migration checklist.
Read articleHow to Track OpenAI Updates: API Changelog, ChatGPT Release Notes, and Official Announcements Done Right
OpenAI publishes updates across three official surfaces. This guide maps their division of labor, explains the 90-day ChatGPT retirement convention versus API deprecations, and gives a weekly review SOP you can actually run.
Read articleOpenAI 2026 H2 Model and API Release Timeline
OpenAI 2026 H2 (2026-07 to 2026-12) timeline of key model and API updates. Every entry sourced from developers.openai.com changelog and OpenAI News.
Read articleOpenAI Models Release Notes (2026, Living Document)
OpenAI's 2026 model and API release log, organised by date with sources and check dates on every entry (changelog quotes or official SDK releases). Covers GPT-5.6, GPT Image 2.5, GPT-Realtime-2.1.
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