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gpt-4o-realtime-preview-2024-12-17 model retirement
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On May 7, 2026, OpenAI retired model gpt-4o-realtime-preview-2024-12-17. Requests sent to model gpt-4o-realtime-preview-2024-12-17 fail since that day.
The error you get
What OpenAI answers a call to gpt-4o-realtime-preview-2024-12-17 once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:
{"error":{"message":"The model `gpt-4o-realtime-preview-2024-12-17` 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 gpt-4o-realtime-preview-2024-12-17
Move to gpt-realtime-1.5, which is recommended by OpenAI.
In OpenAI's words
Shutdown date: 2026-05-07; Model / system: gpt-4o-realtime-preview-2024-12-17; Recommended replacement: gpt-realtime-1.5
Facts
- API
- OpenAI
api.openai.com - Model
gpt-4o-realtime-preview-2024-12-17- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- May 7, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against OpenAI's own pages
Questions
When does gpt-4o-realtime-preview-2024-12-17 shut down?
Calls to the model gpt-4o-realtime-preview-2024-12-17 on OpenAI stopped working on May 7, 2026.
What happens to calls after May 7, 2026?
They have failed since May 7, 2026.
What error does gpt-4o-realtime-preview-2024-12-17 return once it is shut down?
OpenAI answers HTTP 404: "The model `gpt-4o-realtime-preview-2024-12-17` 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?
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