Azure AI Foundry
o3 model retirement
Stops working
On November 19, 2026, model o3 will be retired from Azure AI Foundry. Calls using model o3 will fail after this date. Applications relying on this model must be updated before the cutoff.
What to use instead of o3
Move to gpt-5.6-sol, which Microsoft recommends as the replacement.
Facts
- API
- Azure AI Foundry
*.services.ai.azure.com - Model
o3- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- November 19, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Azure AI Foundry's own pages
Questions
When does o3 shut down?
Calls to the model o3 on Azure AI Foundry stop working on November 19, 2026.
What happens to calls after November 19, 2026?
They fail from that day.
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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Is your code calling this?
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