---
title: "OpenAI Legacy GPT model snapshots (July 2026 shutdown) - shutdown 2026-07-23 | Harbyn"
description: "OpenAI Legacy GPT model snapshots (July 2026 shutdown) - shutdown 2026-07-23."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/openai/2026-04-22-legacy-gpt-model-snapshots-july-2026-shutdown-shutdown"
last-updated: 2026-09-21
---

# OpenAI Legacy GPT model snapshots (July 2026 shutdown) - shutdown 2026-07-23

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/openai/2026-04-22-legacy-gpt-model-snapshots-july-2026-shutdown-shutdown>.

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

OpenAI deprecated computer-use-preview-2025-03-11, computer-use-preview, gpt-4o-mini-search-preview-2025-03-11, gpt-4o-search-preview-2025-03-11, gpt-5-chat-latest, gpt-5-codex, gpt-5.1-chat-latest, gpt-5.1-codex, gpt-5.1-codex-max, gpt-5.1-codex-mini and 7 more; removal from the API on 2026-07-23. Replacements differ per model; see the source for the per-model mapping.

The deadline passed on Jul 23, 2026.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [OpenAI](https://harbyn.com/vendors/openai.md) |
| Product | models |
| Kind | Retirement |
| Severity | high |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Apr 22, 2026 |
| Effective | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Sep 21, 2026 |
| Lead time | Recorded after the fact: added 60 days after the deadline |
| Model IDs | `computer-use-preview-2025-03-11`, `computer-use-preview`, `gpt-4o-mini-search-preview-2025-03-11`, `gpt-4o-search-preview-2025-03-11`, `gpt-5-chat-latest`, `gpt-5-codex`, `gpt-5.1-chat-latest`, `gpt-5.1-codex`, `gpt-5.1-codex-max`, `gpt-5.1-codex-mini`, `gpt-audio-mini-2025-10-06`, `gpt-realtime-mini-2025-10-06`, `o3-deep-research-2025-06-26`, `o3-deep-research`, `o4-mini-deep-research-2025-06-26`, `o4-mini-deep-research`, `gpt-5.2-codex` |
| 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. 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`)

## Related changes

### More from OpenAI

- [Legacy GPT model snapshots - shutdown 2026-10-23](https://harbyn.com/changes/openai/2026-04-22-legacy-gpt-model-snapshots-shutdown.md) (Retirement, effective Oct 23, 2026)
- [gpt-5.2-chat-latest and gpt-5.3-chat-latest model snapshots - shutdown 2026-08-10](https://harbyn.com/changes/openai/2026-05-08-gpt-5-2-chat-latest-and-gpt-5-3-chat-latest-model-snapshots-shutdown.md) (Retirement, effective Aug 10, 2026)
- [Sora 2 video generation models and Videos API - shutdown 2026-09-24](https://harbyn.com/changes/openai/2026-03-24-sora-2-video-generation-models-and-videos-api-shutdown.md) (Retirement, effective Sep 24, 2026)
- [GPT Image model deprecations - shutdown 2026-12-01](https://harbyn.com/changes/openai/2026-06-02-gpt-image-model-deprecations-shutdown.md) (Retirement, effective Dec 1, 2026)

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