Is babbage-002 deprecated?

Q: Is babbage-002 deprecated?

Not yet, but retirement is scheduled. Sunset scheduled for 2026-09-28, published in the provider's own documentation. The provider names gpt-5.6-terra as the replacement. The identifier still resolves today.

RETIRING IN 12 DAYS

Sunset scheduled for 2026-09-28, published in the provider's own documentation. The provider names gpt-5.6-terra as the replacement. The identifier still resolves today.

state=dying sunset=2026-09-28 days_remaining=12 severity=critical sources=docs,litellm evidence_tier=documentation confirmed_by_endpoint=false documented_by_provider=docs replacement=gpt-5.6-terra corroborated=yes divergent_fields=none checked=2026-09-16 03:02Z

openai/babbage-002

Vendor: openai. Tracked by 2 of 5 sources.

What each source reports

**endpoint** = the provider's own machine-readable API, the strongest evidence. **provider docs** = the provider's own documentation, read by a model — first-party content, inferred reading. Unlabelled rows are third-party catalogs. Where sources disagree both values are shown rather than silently reconciled.
Source	ID	Context	Max out	In $/Mtok	Out $/Mtok	Sunset
docs	babbage-002	—	—	—	—	2026-09-28
litellm	babbage-002	16,384	4,096	$0.4	$0.4	2026-09-28

Change history

Severity	Change	What	Detected
high	deprecated	babbage-002: deprecation announced for 2026-09-28 — in 38 days	2026-08-21
high	deprecated	babbage-002: retires 2026-09-28 (in 38 days)	2026-08-21
info	deprecated	babbage-002: deprecation announced for 2025-09-26 (date already passed)	2026-08-05
high	deprecated	babbage-002: retires 2026-09-28 (in 58 days)	2026-08-01
low	added	new model babbage-002	2026-08-01