gpt-realtime-2.1-mini (2026-07-07)

gpt-realtime-2.1-mini (2026-07-07) (Azure OpenAI) shuts down Jun 25, 2027 (in 245 days).

Provider

Azure OpenAI

Shutdown

Jun 25, 2027 (in 245 days)

Announced

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Provider says

GA

• Azure sets a retirement date for every GA model at launch (18-month policy); this is a scheduled date, not a deprecation announcement. Preview models may be force-upgraded.
• Azure identifies models by name + version; in code the string you see is usually a *deployment name* chosen by the user, so match on model name + version in deployment configs/IaC. Azure model names differ from OpenAI's (e.g. 'gpt-35-turbo').

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule · report a wrong date