---
title: "OpenAI codex-mini-latest model snapshot - shutdown 2026-02-12 | Harbyn"
description: "OpenAI codex-mini-latest model snapshot - shutdown 2026-02-12; replacement: gpt-5-codex-mini."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/openai/2025-11-17-codex-mini-latest-model-snapshot-shutdown"
last-updated: 2026-09-21
---

# OpenAI codex-mini-latest model snapshot - shutdown 2026-02-12

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/openai/2025-11-17-codex-mini-latest-model-snapshot-shutdown>.

Retirement - OpenAI. high severity. In effect. History: recorded after the fact.

OpenAI deprecated codex-mini-latest; removal from the API on 2026-02-12. Recommended replacement: gpt-5-codex-mini.

The deadline passed on Feb 12, 2026.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [OpenAI](https://harbyn.com/vendors/openai.md) |
| Product | models |
| Kind | Retirement |
| Severity | high |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Nov 17, 2025 |
| Effective | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Sep 21, 2026 |
| Lead time | Recorded after the fact: added 221 days after the deadline |
| Model IDs | `codex-mini-latest` |
| Replacement | `gpt-5-codex-mini` |
| Review | Automated, extracted by a deterministic parser |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

The scanner reads your repository on your machine and reports every file and line that uses the identifiers above, with the replacement. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://platform.openai.com/docs/deprecations> (deprecations, fetched 2026-09-21 03:10 UTC, sha256 `eac49ffdf54a61294434a25dd11288b85c96cac4cc5054facb7893dec65fdae6`)

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[All upcoming deadlines](https://harbyn.com/deadlines.md)