Breaking model

OpenAI shut down codex-mini-latest on February 12, 2026, and the legacy local shell tool went with it. The replacement is gpt-5-codex-mini.

Took effect Feb 12, 2026 · model codex-mini-latest and the legacy local shell tool

Reviewed against the vendor source on Sep 24, 2026 (AI-assisted review). Key facts are re-checked against the source daily.

What changes

Announced November 17, 2025. OpenAI removed codex-mini-latest from the API on February 12, 2026 and recommends gpt-5-codex-mini. The legacy local shell tool only worked with codex-mini-latest and is no longer supported. OpenAI points new use cases to its latest shell tool.

Breaking: Calls fail after this date.

What to do

Switch to gpt-5-codex-mini. If you used the legacy local shell tool with codex-mini-latest, move to OpenAI's current shell tool, because the legacy one is no longer supported.

Strings to search for

codex-mini-latest

Source

https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations