# o3-mini

Calls to the model o3-mini on OpenAI stop working on October 23, 2026.

On October 23, 2026, model o3-mini will be retired. Calls targeting this model after this date will fail. Any applications sending requests to model o3-mini are affected by this shutdown.

- API: OpenAI (api.openai.com)
- Model: o3-mini
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: October 23, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model o3-mini`
- Source: [Deprecations page](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/openai/o3-mini/

## What to use instead

Move to gpt-5.6-sol, which is recommended by OpenAI.