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OpenAI API Models gpt-6-astra is the newest actively maintained release. 69 of 85 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is sora-2, on September 24, 2026.

Latest version

gpt-6-astra

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Actively maintained cycles

of 85 tracked

Total cycles tracked

since Jan 25, 2022

Support pattern

How OpenAI API Models has behaved across the cycles tracked here, rather than what its policy documents state. Useful for judging how much runway a version is likely to have before you commit to it.

Typical support window

17 months

median of 47 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

under a month

median gap between releases

Compared with service

−28 mo

shorter than the service median

Next end of life

15 days

OpenAI API Models sora-2

Support windows are getting shorter: the most recent cycles run about 11 months less than the earlier ones.

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for OpenAI API Models. Medians are used rather than averages so one unusually short or long release does not skew the figure. Cycles with no recorded end-of-life date are excluded from the support window.

Release lifecycle

Actively maintainedSecurity support onlyEnd of life

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gpt-6-astraLatest

gpt-6-astra · —

gpt-5.6-cyber

gpt-5.6-cyber · —

gpt-live-transcribe

gpt-live-transcribe · —

gpt-transcribe

gpt-transcribe · —

gpt-5.6-luna

gpt-5.6-luna · —

gpt-5.6-terra

gpt-5.6-terra · —

gpt-5.6-sol

gpt-5.6-sol · —

gpt-realtime-2.1

gpt-realtime-2.1 · —

gpt-realtime-2.1-mini

gpt-realtime-2.1-mini · —

gpt-realtime-2

gpt-realtime-2 · —

gpt-realtime-translate

gpt-realtime-translate · —

gpt-realtime-whisper

gpt-realtime-whisper · —

chat-latest

chat-latest · —

gpt-5.5

gpt-5.5 · —

gpt-5.5-pro

gpt-5.5-pro · —

gpt-image-2

gpt-image-2 · —

gpt-5.4-mini

gpt-5.4-mini · —

gpt-5.4-nano

gpt-5.4-nano · —

gpt-5.4

gpt-5.4 · —

gpt-5.4-pro

gpt-5.4-pro · —

gpt-5.3-chat-latest

EOL Aug 10, 2026

gpt-audio-1.5

gpt-audio-1.5 · —

gpt-realtime-1.5

gpt-realtime-1.5 · —

gpt-5.3-codex

gpt-5.3-codex · —

gpt-audio

gpt-audio · —

gpt-audio-mini

gpt-audio-mini · —

gpt-5.2-codex

EOL Jul 23, 2026

gpt-image-1.5

gpt-image-1.5 · —

gpt-5.2

gpt-5.2 · —

gpt-5.2-chat-latest

EOL Aug 10, 2026

gpt-5.2-pro

gpt-5.2-pro · —

gpt-5.1-codex-max

EOL Jul 23, 2026

gpt-5.1-codex

EOL Jul 23, 2026

gpt-5.1-codex-mini

EOL Jul 23, 2026

gpt-5.1

gpt-5.1 · —

gpt-5.1-chat-latest

EOL Jul 23, 2026

gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize

gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize · —

gpt-image-1-mini

gpt-image-1-mini · —

gpt-realtime-mini

gpt-realtime-mini · —

sora-2

sora-2 · —

sora-2-pro

sora-2-pro · —

gpt-5-codex

EOL Jul 23, 2026

gpt-realtime

gpt-realtime · —

gpt-5

gpt-5 · —

gpt-5-chat-latest

EOL Jul 23, 2026

gpt-5-mini

gpt-5-mini · —

gpt-5-nano

gpt-5-nano · —

gpt-5-pro

gpt-5-pro · —

gpt-oss-120b

gpt-oss-120b · —

gpt-oss-20b

gpt-oss-20b · —

codex-mini-latest

EOL Feb 12, 2026

o3 · —

o3-pro

o3-pro · —

o4-mini

o4-mini · —

gpt-4.1

gpt-4.1 · —

gpt-4.1-mini

gpt-4.1-mini · —

gpt-4.1-nano

gpt-4.1-nano · —

chatgpt-image-latest

chatgpt-image-latest · —

gpt-image-1

gpt-image-1 · —

gpt-4o-mini-transcribe

gpt-4o-mini-transcribe · —

gpt-4o-mini-tts

gpt-4o-mini-tts · —

gpt-4o-transcribe

gpt-4o-transcribe · —

o1-pro

o1-pro · —

o3-deep-research

EOL Jul 23, 2026

o4-mini-deep-research

EOL Jul 23, 2026

o3-mini

o3-mini · —

o1 · —

omni-moderation-latest

omni-moderation-latest · —

o1-mini

EOL Oct 27, 2025

chatgpt-4o-latest

EOL Feb 17, 2026

gpt-4o-mini

gpt-4o-mini · —

gpt-4o

gpt-4o · —

text-embedding-3-large

text-embedding-3-large · —

text-embedding-3-small

text-embedding-3-small · —

gpt-4-turbo

gpt-4-turbo · —

tts-1

tts-1 · —

tts-1-hd

tts-1-hd · —

babbage-002

babbage-002 · —

davinci-002

davinci-002 · —

gpt-4

gpt-4 · —

gpt-3.5-turbo

gpt-3.5-turbo · —

whisper-1

whisper-1 · —

text-moderation-latest

EOL Oct 27, 2025

text-moderation-stable

EOL Oct 27, 2025

text-embedding-ada-002

text-embedding-ada-002 · —

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