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davinci model retirement
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Calls to the model davinci on OpenAI stopped working on January 4, 2024.
The error you get
What OpenAI answers a call to davinci once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:
{"error":{"message":"The model `davinci` has been deprecated, learn more here: https://platform.openai.com/docs/deprecations","type":"invalid_request_error","param":null,"code":"model_not_found"}}What to use instead of davinci
Move to gpt-5.6-terra. davinci-002, named first, stopped working on 2026-09-28. davinci-002 was the named replacement base model and is itself deprecated, shutting down September 2026 — after which OpenAI hosts no base models at all.
Facts
- API
- OpenAI
api.openai.com - Model
davinci- Kind
- Model retirement
- Announced
- July 6, 2023
- Takes effect
- January 4, 2024
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- models.dev
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against OpenAI's own pages
Questions
When does davinci shut down?
Calls to the model davinci on OpenAI stopped working on January 4, 2024.
What happens to calls after January 4, 2024?
They have failed since January 4, 2024.
What error does davinci return once it is shut down?
OpenAI answers HTTP 404: "The model `davinci` has been deprecated, learn more here: https://platform.openai.com/docs/deprecations". Send another model to fix it.
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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