# openai/gpt-5-image-mini

Calls to the model openai/gpt-5-image-mini on OpenRouter stop working on December 1, 2026.

On December 1, 2026, OpenRouter will retire model openai/gpt-5-image-mini. Requests sent to this model after that day will fail. This change impacts all integrations currently routing traffic to openai/gpt-5-image-mini.

## The error OpenRouter returns once openai/gpt-5-image-mini is gone

HTTP 404

```json
{"error":{"message":"No endpoints found for openai/gpt-5-image-mini.","code":404}}
```

## What to use instead

OpenRouter stops serving it, so you must move to another model it lists.

- API: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai)
- Model: openai/gpt-5-image-mini
- Released: October 16, 2025 (models.dev)
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: December 1, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model openai/gpt-5-image-mini`
- Source: [Model list](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against OpenRouter's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/openrouter/openai/gpt-5-image-mini/

Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix: https://github.com/apps/okapi-agent