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Azure AI Foundry gpt-5-chat model retirement

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On May 13, 2026, model gpt-5-chat was retired on Azure AI Foundry. Calls using this model fail since that date. The change affects version 2025-10-03 directly.


What to use instead of gpt-5-chat

Migrate to gpt-chat-latest, which is named first, though it stops working on November 17, 2026. No replacement that holds is named yet.

In Azure AI Foundry's words

Model: gpt-5-chat; Version: 2025-10-03; Lifecycle: Retired; Retirement date: 2026-05-13; Replacement: gpt-chat-latest

Azure AI Foundry, Deprecations page

Facts

API
Azure AI Foundry *.services.ai.azure.com
Model
gpt-5-chat
Released
August 7, 2025 (models.dev)
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
May 13, 2026
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against Azure AI Foundry's own pages

Questions

When does gpt-5-chat shut down?

Calls to the model gpt-5-chat on Azure AI Foundry stopped working on May 13, 2026.

What happens to calls after May 13, 2026?

They have failed since May 13, 2026.

When was gpt-5-chat released?

gpt-5-chat was released on August 7, 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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