o3 (2025-04-16)

o3 (2025-04-16) (Azure OpenAI) shuts down Nov 19, 2026 (in 27 days). Azure OpenAI recommends gpt-5.6-sol instead.

Provider

Azure OpenAI

Shutdown

Nov 19, 2026 (in 27 days)

Announced

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Replace with

gpt-5.6-sol

Provider says

Deprecated

• 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