DEPRECATED
Retired 2026-10-19 — 12 days ago. Requests to this identifier are expected to fail. The provider names gpt-5.6-terra as the replacement. Sources disagree on: context_tokens.
state=dead sunset=2026-10-19 days_remaining=-12 severity=critical sources=docs,litellm,openrouter evidence_tier=documentation confirmed_by_endpoint=false documented_by_provider=docs replacement=gpt-5.6-terra corroborated=yes divergent_fields=context_tokens checked=2026-10-31 05:09Z
openai/gpt-5-mini
Vendor: openai. Tracked by 3 of 5 sources.
What each source reports
| Source | ID | Context | Max out | In $/Mtok | Out $/Mtok | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| docs | gpt-5-mini | — | — | — | — | 2026-12-11 |
| litellm | azure/gpt-5-mini | 272,000 | 128,000 | $0.25 | $2 | 2026-10-19 |
| openrouter | openai/gpt-5-mini | 400,000 | 128,000 | $0.25 | $2 | — |
Change history
| Severity | Change | What | Detected |
|---|---|---|---|
| high | deprecated | gpt-5-mini: deprecation announced for 2026-12-11 — in 44 days | 2026-10-28 |
| low | added | new model gpt-5-mini | 2026-10-23 |
| high | deprecated | gpt-5-mini: retires 2026-12-11 (in 49 days) | 2026-10-23 |
| critical | deprecated | github_copilot/gpt-5-mini: deprecation announced for 2026-10-19 (date already passed) | 2026-10-20 |
| critical | deprecated | github_copilot/gpt-5-mini: retires 2026-10-19 (1 days ago) | 2026-10-20 |
| medium | removed | [one catalog only — litellm, openrouter still list it] openrouter/openai/gpt-5-mini is no longer listed by this source — calls to it are expected to fail | 2026-10-09 |
| low | modified | openai/gpt-5-mini: capabilities gained verbosity | 2026-10-01 |
| high | modified | openai/gpt-5-mini: capabilities lost verbosity | 2026-10-01 |
| low | modified | openai/gpt-5-mini: capabilities gained verbosity | 2026-09-30 |
| info | repriced | github_copilot/gpt-5-mini: input_price_per_mtok n/a to $0.25/Mtok | 2026-09-29 |
| info | repriced | github_copilot/gpt-5-mini: output_price_per_mtok n/a to $2.00/Mtok | 2026-09-29 |
| info | repriced | github_copilot/gpt-5-mini: cache_read_price_per_mtok n/a to $0.03/Mtok | 2026-09-29 |
| low | modified | openrouter/openai/gpt-5-mini: capabilities gained web_search | 2026-09-19 |
| low | modified | openrouter/openai/gpt-5-mini: context_tokens raised 272,000 to 400,000 | 2026-09-18 |
| low | modified | openrouter/openai/gpt-5-mini: capabilities gained function_calling, pdf_input, prompt_caching, response_schema, vision | 2026-09-18 |
| medium | deprecated | azure/eu/gpt-5-mini: deprecation announced for 2027-02-09 — in 144 days | 2026-09-18 |
| medium | deprecated | azure/us/gpt-5-mini: deprecation announced for 2027-02-09 — in 144 days | 2026-09-18 |
| medium | deprecated | azure/eu/gpt-5-mini: retires 2027-02-09 (in 144 days) | 2026-09-18 |
| medium | deprecated | azure/us/gpt-5-mini: retires 2027-02-09 (in 144 days) | 2026-09-18 |
| low | added | new model azure/eu/gpt-5-mini | 2026-09-16 |
| low | added | new model azure/us/gpt-5-mini | 2026-09-16 |
| medium | deprecated | azure/gpt-5-mini: deprecation announced for 2027-02-09 — in 172 days | 2026-08-21 |
| medium | deprecated | azure/gpt-5-mini: retires 2027-02-09 (in 172 days) | 2026-08-21 |
| info | modified | [source artifact — 6 providers changed identically on the same day] gpt-5-mini: capabilities lost service_tier | 2026-06-27 |