Migrating off gpt-4o-mini-transcribe — retirement date and replacement
Source last checked: 2026-10-19.
OpenAI is retiring gpt-4o-mini-transcribe on 2027-02-26 — in 127 days. The provider’s documented replacement is gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe. This page is built from OpenAI’s official deprecation notice and is rechecked weekly; the source link is below.
When is gpt-4o-mini-transcribe being deprecated?
| Model | Provider | Retires | Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|
| gpt-4o-mini-transcribe | OpenAI | 2027-02-26 | gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe |
Source: OpenAI deprecation notice · announced 2026-08-26
Test before switching
- Check the replacement's supported API endpoints and request parameters.
- Test your prompts, structured output, streaming and tool calls on staging.
- Compare quality, latency, pricing and rate limits on your workload.
- Keep a rollback path while the old model remains available.
Download retirement dates for your models.
What should I migrate gpt-4o-mini-transcribe to?
OpenAI documents gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe as the successor. This is not a compatibility guarantee: request parameters, API endpoints, pricing, tool calls and output behaviour may differ. Check the linked provider documentation and run your own workload before switching.
Measured latency of the OpenAI API host
| Region | p50 TTFB | p95 | Uptime | Probes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia (Tokyo) | 211 ms | 306 ms | 100% | 288 |
| Europe (Germany) | 295 ms | 488 ms | 99.3% | 288 |
| South America (São Paulo) | 256 ms | 584 ms | 100% | 288 |
| US (Central) | 146 ms | 229 ms | 100% | 288 |
Edge latency to the provider’s API host over the last 24 hours, measured from 4 regions. This measures the endpoint, not the model: swapping models on the same host is not an inference benchmark or a promise about the replacement model. Compare edge latency
What else retires on 2027-02-26?
| Model | Provider | Retires | Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|
| whisper-1 | OpenAI | 2027-02-26 | gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe |
| gpt-4o-transcribe | OpenAI | 2027-02-26 | gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe |
| gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize | OpenAI | 2027-02-26 | gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe |
| /v1/audio/translations | OpenAI | 2027-02-26 | v1/realtime/translations |
These models share a shutdown date. Plan each affected integration before that deadline.
Other OpenAI models being retired
| Model | Provider | Retires | Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-4o | OpenAI | 2027-01-14 | gpt-6-luna |
| GPT-4o mini | OpenAI | 2027-01-14 | gpt-6-luna |
| GPT-4.1 | OpenAI | 2027-01-14 | gpt-6-luna |
| GPT-4.1 mini | OpenAI | 2027-01-14 | gpt-6-luna |
| gpt-5.3-codex | OpenAI | 2027-04-01 | gpt-6-sol |
| gpt-5.4-nano | OpenAI | 2027-04-01 | gpt-6-luna |
| gpt-5.1 | OpenAI | 2027-04-01 | gpt-6-sol |
| tts-1 | OpenAI | 2027-01-06 | gpt-realtime-2.1-mini |
How is this calendar maintained?
Entries are pulled from provider documentation by an automated weekly job and every one carries a link to its source. Nothing is inferred from blog posts or social media. When a provider changes a date, the change appears here after the next run and is visible in the changelog. The full calendar across all providers is on the deprecations page, and this provider’s own list is at OpenAI deprecations.