# gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20

Calls to the model gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20 on OpenAI stop working on January 20, 2027.

On January 20, 2027, model gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20 will stop working. Any calls specifying this model snapshot after that date will fail.

## The error OpenAI returns once gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20 is gone

HTTP 404

```json
{"error":{"message":"The model `gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20` 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

Move to gpt-live-transcribe. The first recommended replacement, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15, stops working on February 26, 2027.

- API: OpenAI (api.openai.com)
- Model: gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: January 20, 2027
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20`
- Source: [Deprecations page](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against OpenAI's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/openai/gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20/

## OpenAI's words

> Shutdown date: Jan 20, 2027; Model family / snapshot: gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20; Recommended replacement: gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15

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