# ft-babbage-002

Calls to the model ft-babbage-002 on OpenAI stop working on October 23, 2026.

On October 23, 2026, the model ft-babbage-002 will stop working. Any API calls targeting ft-babbage-002 after that date will fail.

- API: OpenAI (api.openai.com)
- Model: ft-babbage-002
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: October 23, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model ft-babbage-002`
- Source: [Deprecations page](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/openai/ft-babbage-002/

## What to use instead

Move to gpt-5.6-terra, as recommended by OpenAI.