OpenAI · Model retirement
gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16
Stops working (in 38 days)
On December 1, 2026, OpenAI will shut down the model gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16. Calls specifying this model will fail after that date.
What to use instead of gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16
Move to gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare, as recommended by OpenAI.
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gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- December 1, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
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