# mai-transcribe-1

Calls to the model mai-transcribe-1 on Azure AI Foundry stopped working on September 15, 2026.

Model mai-transcribe-1 was retired on September 15, 2026. Calls using model mai-transcribe-1 fail since that date. The change affects all requests targeting this retired model.

## What to use instead

Move to MAI-Transcribe-1.5, which is recommended by Microsoft.

- API: Azure AI Foundry (*.services.ai.azure.com)
- Model: mai-transcribe-1
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: September 15, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model mai-transcribe-1`
- Source: [Deprecations page](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against Azure AI Foundry's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/azure-ai-foundry/mai-transcribe-1/

## Azure AI Foundry's words

> Model: MAI-Transcribe-1; Version: 2026-01-23; Lifecycle: Preview; Retirement date: 2026-09-15; Replacement: MAI-Transcribe-1.5

Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix: https://github.com/apps/okapi-agent