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gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06 model retirement
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On December 11, 2026, the model gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06 will be retired. Calls targeting this model after this date will fail. Make sure to update any integrations relying on this specific model identifier before the shutdown day.
The error you get from December 11, 2026
What OpenAI answers a call to gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06 once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:
{"error":{"message":"The model `gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06` 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-5-pro-2025-10-06
Move to gpt-5.6-sol ( reasoning.mode: pro ), which is recommended by OpenAI as the replacement.
In OpenAI's words
Shutdown date: Dec 11, 2026; Model / system: gpt-5-pro | gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06; Recommended replacement: gpt-5.6-sol ( reasoning.mode: pro )
Facts
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gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- December 11, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against OpenAI's own pages
Questions
When does gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06 shut down?
Calls to the model gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06 on OpenAI stop working on December 11, 2026.
What happens to calls after December 11, 2026?
They fail from that day.
What error does gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06 return once it is shut down?
OpenAI answers HTTP 404: "The model `gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06` has been deprecated, learn more here: https://platform.openai.com/docs/deprecations". Send another model to fix it.
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