Retained canonical change record
OpenAI transcription model shutdown deadline: February 26, 2027
OpenAI will remove whisper-1, gpt-4o-transcribe, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe and gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize from the API on February 26, 2027.
Required action
Migrate transcription workloads to gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe and regression-test accuracy, diarization, latency and cost before February 26, 2027.
Scope and evidence limits
OpenAI API; no regional exception documented
API requests using the four retiring transcription model IDs will stop working after the scheduled removal.
not_tested
Official sources
Affected components
whisper-1, gpt-4o-transcribe, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe, gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize
Affected users
Developers whose OpenAI API integrations use the four retiring transcription model IDs.
Migration guidance
gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe