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Breaking model

OpenAI shut down chatgpt-4o-latest on February 17, 2026.

Took effect · model chatgpt-4o-latest

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 18, 2025, with gpt-5.1-chat-latest as the recommended replacement. That replacement was itself shut down on July 23, 2026, and its listed substitute is gpt-5.6-sol.

Breaking: Calls fail after this date.

What to do

Switch to gpt-5.6-sol, not gpt-5.1-chat-latest. OpenAI's original replacement was itself shut down on July 23, 2026, with gpt-5.6-sol as its substitute.

Strings to search for

chatgpt-4o-latest

Source

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