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Azure AI Foundry mai-transcribe-1 model retirement

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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 of mai-transcribe-1

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

In 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

Azure AI Foundry, Deprecations page

Facts

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
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against Azure AI Foundry's own pages

Questions

When does mai-transcribe-1 shut down?

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

What happens to calls after September 15, 2026?

They have failed since September 15, 2026.

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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