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Lovable AI Gateway openai/gpt-5-mini model retirement

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On December 11, 2026, Lovable AI Gateway will retire model openai/gpt-5-mini. Calls referencing model openai/gpt-5-mini will not fail, but Lovable AI Gateway will answer them from a newer model instead.


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Facts

API
Lovable AI Gateway ai.gateway.lovable.dev
Model
openai/gpt-5-mini
Released
August 7, 2025 (models.dev)
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
December 11, 2026
Calls after that day
Answered by a newer version
Source
Model list
Last updated
Verified
, against Lovable AI Gateway's own pages

Questions

When does this change take effect?

From December 11, 2026, Lovable AI Gateway answers calls to the model openai/gpt-5-mini from a newer version.

What happens to calls after December 11, 2026?

Lovable AI Gateway answers them from a newer version. The response can differ from what your code expects.

When was openai/gpt-5-mini released?

openai/gpt-5-mini 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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Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix before December 11, 2026.

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