Is gpt-realtime-2.1-mini deprecated?

Q: Is gpt-realtime-2.1-mini deprecated?

Not yet, but retirement is scheduled. Sunset scheduled for 2027-06-25, reported by a third-party catalog. The identifier still resolves today.

RETIRING IN 237 DAYS

Sunset scheduled for 2027-06-25, reported by a third-party catalog. The identifier still resolves today.

state=dying sunset=2027-06-25 days_remaining=237 severity=high sources=litellm evidence_tier=catalog confirmed_by_endpoint=false documented_by_provider=false replacement=none corroborated=single-source divergent_fields=none checked=2026-10-31 05:09Z

openai/gpt-realtime-2.1-mini

Vendor: openai. Tracked by 1 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
litellm	azure/gpt-realtime-2.1-mini	32,000	4,096	$0.6	$2.4	2027-06-25

Change history

Severity	Change	What	Detected
medium	deprecated	azure/gpt-realtime-2.1-mini: deprecation announced for 2027-06-25 — in 264 days	2026-10-04
medium	deprecated	azure/gpt-realtime-2.1-mini: deprecation announced for 2027-07-31 — in 302 days	2026-10-02
medium	deprecated	azure/gpt-realtime-2.1-mini: deprecation announced for 2027-06-25 — in 267 days	2026-10-01
medium	deprecated	azure/gpt-realtime-2.1-mini: deprecation announced for 2027-07-31 — in 309 days	2026-09-25
medium	deprecated	azure/gpt-realtime-2.1-mini: retires 2027-07-31 (in 309 days)	2026-09-25
low	added	new model azure/gpt-realtime-2.1-mini (32,000 ctx)	2026-09-06
medium	deprecated	azure/gpt-realtime-2.1-mini: retires 2027-06-25 (in 292 days)	2026-09-06
low	modified	gpt-realtime-2.1-mini: max_output_tokens raised 4,096 to 32,000	2026-09-03
low	added	new model gpt-realtime-2.1-mini (128,000 ctx)	2026-07-08