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Azure AI Foundry model deprecations

As of Oct 17, 2026, Azure AI Foundry has 111 upcoming dated retirements and 49 past for models it hosts. The next is claude-haiku-4-5 (Anthropic) on Oct 19, 2026.

Dated notices tracked
160
Upcoming
111
Past
49
Route divergences
37
Last verified

Every model deprecation and retirement date Azure AI Foundry has published, across every provider hosted on that platform. Every row keeps its own receipt.

This is a route view, not a provider’s own schedule

Azure AI Foundry is a hosting platform, not a model provider. Every row below is a retirement date Azure AI Foundry has published for a model it hosts, sourced from Azure AI Foundry’s own retirement schedule — not each model provider’s first-party page. A hosted provider’s own API can publish a different date for the same model; see the divergence section below where that gap is documented and dated.

Providers hosted on this route

  • OpenAI83
  • Anthropic23
  • Fireworks AI13
  • Microsoft9
  • DeepSeek7
  • xAI6
  • Cohere5
  • Meta5
  • Moonshot AI3
  • Stability AI3
  • Mistral1
  • Nixtla1
  • NTT Data1

Notice policy

60+ day minimum

At least 60 days’ notice before a generally available model’s retirement, sent by email and through Azure Service Health to subscriptions with active deployments

Preview models get at least 30 days’ notice. Each GA model’s retirement date — 18 months out, or 12 months for models from Anthropic, DeepSeek, Fireworks, and Mistral AI — is set at launch and isn’t extendable, except for shortened-notice emergency security retirements.

Fireworks AI’s models on Azure AI Foundry’s Standard (pay-as-you-go) tier are a narrower exception: a stated 15-day notice period before retirement. 13 of this page’s rows are Fireworks AI-hosted models subject to that clause. Source

Microsoft publishes forward-looking retirement dates ahead of the notice window.

Read Microsoft’s policy

Upcoming retirements

111 dated retirements, soonest first.

ModelProviderRetirement dateAnnounced / observedReplacementReceipt
claude-haiku-4-5AnthropicOctober 19, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-5AnthropicOctober 19, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-sonnet-4-5AnthropicOctober 19, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-image-1@2025-04-15OpenAIOctober 23, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-haiku-4-5@1AnthropicNovember 15, 2026First observed by Radar September 30, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-haiku-4-5@2AnthropicNovember 15, 2026First observed by Radar September 30, 2026No published replacementReceipt
codex-mini@2025-05-16OpenAINovember 15, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
o1-pro@2025-03-19OpenAINovember 19, 2026First observed by Radar September 11, 2026
gpt-5.6-sol

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
o1@2024-12-17OpenAINovember 19, 2026First observed by Radar September 11, 2026
gpt-5.6-sol

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
o3-deep-research@2025-06-26OpenAINovember 19, 2026First observed by Radar September 11, 2026
gpt-5.6-sol

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
o3-mini@2025-01-31OpenAINovember 19, 2026First observed by Radar September 11, 2026
gpt-5.6-terra

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
o3-pro@2025-06-10OpenAINovember 19, 2026First observed by Radar September 11, 2026
gpt-5.6-sol

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
o3@2025-04-16OpenAINovember 19, 2026First observed by Radar September 11, 2026
gpt-5.6-sol

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
o4-mini@2025-04-16OpenAINovember 19, 2026First observed by Radar September 11, 2026
gpt-5.6-terra

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
claude-opus-4-5@1AnthropicNovember 24, 2026First observed by Radar September 30, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-sonnet-4-5@1AnthropicNovember 30, 2026First observed by Radar October 2, 2026
claude-sonnet-5-5

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
gpt-chat-latest@2026-08-06OpenAIDecember 2, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731@2026-07-31DeepSeekDecember 3, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-4o@2024-05-13OpenAIDecember 9, 2026First observed by Radar September 24, 2026
gpt-5.6-sol

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
Cohere-parse-v5@1CohereDecember 15, 2026First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-realtime-mini@2025-12-15OpenAIDecember 15, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
tts-hd@001OpenAIDecember 15, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
tts@001OpenAIDecember 15, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
whisper@001OpenAIDecember 15, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-image-1.5@2025-12-16OpenAIDecember 16, 2026First observed by Radar September 16, 2026No published replacementReceipt
Kimi-K2.5@1Moonshot AIJanuary 26, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-6AnthropicFebruary 2, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-6@1AnthropicFebruary 2, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5-mini@2025-08-07OpenAIFebruary 9, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5-nano@2025-08-07OpenAIFebruary 9, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5@2025-08-07OpenAIFebruary 9, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-sonnet-4-6AnthropicFebruary 10, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-sonnet-4-6@1AnthropicFebruary 10, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-audio@2025-08-28OpenAIMarch 2, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-realtime@2025-08-28OpenAIMarch 2, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5-codex@2025-09-15OpenAIMarch 17, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-mythos-previewAnthropicApril 2, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-7AnthropicApril 6, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-7@1AnthropicApril 6, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-audio-mini@2025-10-06OpenAIApril 6, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
grok-4-20-non-reasoning@1xAIApril 6, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
grok-4-20-reasoning@1xAIApril 6, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5-pro@2025-10-06OpenAIApril 7, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-image-1-mini@2025-10-06OpenAIApril 7, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-4.1-mini@2025-04-14OpenAIApril 14, 2027First observed by Radar September 24, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-4.1-nano@2025-04-14OpenAIApril 14, 2027First observed by Radar October 9, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-4.1@2025-04-14OpenAIApril 14, 2027First observed by Radar September 24, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-4o-mini@2024-07-18OpenAIApril 14, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-4o@2024-08-06OpenAIApril 14, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
gpt-5.1

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
gpt-4o@2024-11-20OpenAIApril 14, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
gpt-5.1

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize@2025-10-15OpenAIApril 15, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
Kimi-K2.6@2026-04-20Moonshot AIApril 16, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5.1-codex-mini@2025-11-13OpenAIMay 15, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5.1-codex@2025-11-13OpenAIMay 15, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5.1@2025-11-13OpenAIMay 15, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5.1-codex-max@2025-12-04OpenAIMay 18, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
model-router@2025-11-18MicrosoftMay 20, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5.2@2025-12-11OpenAIJune 8, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-4o-mini-transcribe@2025-12-15OpenAIJune 15, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-4o-mini-tts@2025-12-15OpenAIJune 15, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-audio-mini@2025-12-15OpenAIJune 15, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-realtime-2.1-mini@2026-07-07OpenAIJune 25, 2027First observed by Radar September 19, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-realtime-2.1@2026-07-07OpenAIJune 25, 2027First observed by Radar September 19, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-sonnet-5@1AnthropicJune 30, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-sonnet-5@2AnthropicJune 30, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
FW-DeepSeek-V3.1@1Fireworks AIJuly 1, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
FW-DeepSeek-V3.2@1Fireworks AIJuly 1, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
FW-GLM-4.7@1Fireworks AIJuly 1, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
FW-GLM-5.1@1Fireworks AIJuly 1, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
FW-GLM-5@1Fireworks AIJuly 1, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
FW-GPT-OSS-120B@1Fireworks AIJuly 1, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
FW-Kimi-K2-Instruct-0905@1Fireworks AIJuly 1, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
FW-Kimi-K2-Thinking@1Fireworks AIJuly 1, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
FW-Kimi-K2.5@1Fireworks AIJuly 1, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
FW-MiniMax-M2.5@1Fireworks AIJuly 1, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
FW-Qwen3-14B@1Fireworks AIJuly 1, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
FW-Qwen3.5-122B-A10B@1Fireworks AIJuly 1, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
FW-Qwen3.5-397B-A17B@1Fireworks AIJuly 1, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-5@1AnthropicJuly 8, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-5@2AnthropicJuly 8, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5.2-codex@2026-01-14OpenAIJuly 13, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5.3-codex@2026-02-24OpenAIAugust 24, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-audio-1.5@2026-02-23OpenAIAugust 24, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-realtime-1.5@2026-02-23OpenAIAugust 24, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-8@1AnthropicSeptember 1, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-opus-4-8@2AnthropicSeptember 1, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5.4@2026-03-05OpenAISeptember 2, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5.4-pro@2026-03-05OpenAISeptember 7, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-image-2.5-flare@2026-09-09OpenAISeptember 9, 2027First observed by Radar September 11, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-image-2.5-sunburst@2026-09-09OpenAISeptember 9, 2027First observed by Radar September 11, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5.4-mini@2026-03-17OpenAISeptember 21, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5.4-nano@2026-03-17OpenAISeptember 21, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-4o-mini@2024-07-18:fine-tunedOpenAIOctober 1, 2027First observed by Radar September 29, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-4o@2024-08-06:fine-tunedOpenAIOctober 1, 2027First observed by Radar September 29, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-4.1-mini@2025-04-14:fine-tunedOpenAIOctober 14, 2027First observed by Radar September 29, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-4.1-nano@2025-04-14:fine-tunedOpenAIOctober 14, 2027First observed by Radar September 29, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-4.1@2025-04-14:fine-tunedOpenAIOctober 14, 2027First observed by Radar September 29, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-image-2@2026-04-21OpenAIOctober 21, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5.5@2026-04-24OpenAIOctober 26, 2027First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
o4-mini@2025-04-16:fine-tunedOpenAINovember 19, 2027First observed by Radar September 29, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-fable-5-1@1AnthropicDecember 5, 2027First observed by Radar September 3, 2026No published replacementReceipt
claude-fable-5@1AnthropicDecember 5, 2027First observed by Radar August 28, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5.6-luna@2026-07-09OpenAIJanuary 11, 2028First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5.6-sol@2026-07-09OpenAIJanuary 11, 2028First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-5.6-terra@2026-07-09OpenAIJanuary 11, 2028First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
text-embedding-3-large@1OpenAIFebruary 9, 2028First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
text-embedding-3-small@1OpenAIFebruary 9, 2028First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
text-embedding-ada-002@1OpenAIFebruary 9, 2028First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
text-embedding-ada-002@2OpenAIFebruary 9, 2028First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
DeepSeek-V4-Flash@2026-04-23DeepSeekFebruary 20, 2028First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
DeepSeek-V4-Pro@2026-04-23DeepSeekFebruary 20, 2028First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt

Past retirements

49 dated retirements, most recent first.

ModelProviderRetirement dateAnnounced / observedReplacementReceipt
Cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026@1CohereOctober 16, 2026First observed by Radar September 16, 2026
coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-fp8<sup>1</sup>, coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-bf16<sup>1</sup>, coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-w4a4<sup>1</sup>

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
gpt-4o-mini-transcribe@2025-03-20OpenAIOctober 15, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-4o-mini-tts@2025-03-20OpenAIOctober 15, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-4o-transcribe@2025-03-20OpenAIOctober 15, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
sora-2@2025-12-08OpenAIOctober 15, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
Kimi-K2.7-Code@2026-06-12Moonshot AIOctober 3, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
MAI-Image-2.5-Flash@2026-06-02MicrosoftOctober 1, 2026First observed by Radar August 29, 2026No published replacementReceipt
MAI-Image-2.5-Pro@2026-06-19MicrosoftOctober 1, 2026First observed by Radar August 29, 2026No published replacementReceipt
MAI-Image-2.5@2026-06-02MicrosoftOctober 1, 2026First observed by Radar August 29, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-chat-latest@2026-06-24OpenAISeptember 24, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-realtime-mini@2025-10-06OpenAISeptember 21, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
MAI-Transcribe-1@2026-01-23MicrosoftSeptember 15, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
MAI-Transcribe-1.5

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
gpt-realtime-2@2026-05-06OpenAIAugust 31, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
TimeGEN-1@1NixtlaAugust 31, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
TimeGPT-1, TimegGPT-2.1

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
tsuzumi-7b@2NTT DataAugust 31, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
tsuzumi2

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
model-router@2025-05-19MicrosoftAugust 30, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
model-router@2025-08-07MicrosoftAugust 30, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
gpt-chat-latest@2026-05-28OpenAIAugust 28, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
MAI-Image-2@2026-02-20MicrosoftAugust 15, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
MAI-Image-2.5

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
MAI-Image-2e@2026-04-09MicrosoftAugust 15, 2026First observed by Radar August 29, 2026
MAI-Image-2.5-Flash

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
DeepSeek-R1@1DeepSeekAugust 13, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
DeepSeek-V4-Pro

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
claude-opus-4-1AnthropicAugust 5, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
claude-opus-5

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
gpt-chat-latest@2026-05-05OpenAIAugust 5, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
Stable-Diffusion-3.5-Large@1Stability AIJuly 31, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
Stable-Image-Core@1Stability AIJuly 31, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
Stable-Image-Ultra@1Stability AIJuly 31, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
mistral-document-ai-2505@1MistralJuly 20, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
mistral-document-ai-2512, mistral-ocr-4-0

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
sora-2@2025-10-06OpenAIJuly 15, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
sora-2 (2025-12-08)

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
DeepSeek-R1-0528@1DeepSeekJuly 13, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
DeepSeek-V4-Pro

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
DeepSeek-V3-0324@1DeepSeekJuly 13, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
DeepSeek-V4-Flash

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
DeepSeek-V3.1@1DeepSeekJuly 13, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
DeepSeek-V4-Flash

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
gpt-5-chat@2025-08-07OpenAIJune 29, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
gpt-chat-latest

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
gpt-5.1-chat@2025-11-13OpenAIJune 29, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
gpt-chat-latest

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
gpt-5.2-chat@2026-02-10OpenAIJune 29, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
gpt-chat-latest

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
gpt-5.3-chat@2026-03-03OpenAIJune 29, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
gpt-chat-latest

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
Llama-3.2-11B-Vision-InstructMetaJune 13, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-InstructMetaJune 13, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-InstructMetaJune 13, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
Meta-Llama-3.1-8BMetaJune 13, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-InstructMetaJune 13, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
Cohere-rerank-v3.5@1CohereMay 14, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
Cohere-rerank-v4.0-pro, Cohere-rerank-v4.0-fast

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
gpt-5-chat@2025-10-03OpenAIMay 13, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
gpt-chat-latest

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
gpt-5.2-chat@2025-12-11OpenAIMay 13, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
gpt-chat-latest

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
Cohere-command-r-08-2024@1CohereMay 12, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
Cohere-command-r-plus-08-2024@1CohereMay 12, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026No published replacementReceipt
grok-3-mini@1xAIMay 1, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
grok-4-1-fast-reasoning

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
grok-3@1xAIMay 1, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
grok-4

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
grok-4-fast-non-reasoning@1xAIMay 1, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
grok-4-1-fast-non-reasoning

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt
grok-4-fast-reasoning@1xAIMay 1, 2026First observed by Radar August 26, 2026
grok-4-1-fast-reasoning

Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted.

Receipt

When the same model retires on different dates

The same model can carry a different published retirement date on each route it ships on. These 37 models on this page have a documented, dated gap between routes, largest spread first. Radar does not reconcile the dates — use the one for the route you actually call.

gpt52codex20260114355-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyJuly 23, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryJuly 13, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

gpt51codexmax20251204299-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyJuly 23, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryMay 18, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

gpt51codex20251113296-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyJuly 23, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryMay 15, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

gpt51codexmini20251113296-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyJuly 23, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryMay 15, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

gptaudiomini20251006257-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyJuly 23, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryApril 6, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

gpt5codex20250915237-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyJuly 23, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryMarch 17, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

gpt41nano20250414173-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyOctober 23, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryApril 14, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

claudeopus4120250805156-day spread
  • Anthropic · first partyAugust 5, 2026Source
  • Anthropic · Azure AI FoundryAugust 5, 2026Source
  • Anthropic · Amazon BedrockJanuary 8, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

gpt4otranscribe20250320134-day spread
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryOctober 15, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · first partyFebruary 26, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

gptimage1mini20251006127-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyDecember 1, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryApril 7, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

o3deepresearch20250626119-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyJuly 23, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryNovember 19, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

gpt5pro20251006117-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyDecember 11, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryApril 7, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

gpt4ominitranscribe2025032097-day spread
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryOctober 15, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · first partyJanuary 20, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

claudefable5195-day spread between published dates
  • Anthropic · first partyNo sooner than September 1, 2027Source
  • Anthropic · Azure AI FoundryDecember 5, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

sora22025100671-day spread
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryJuly 15, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · first partySeptember 24, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

gptrealtimemini2025100660-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyJuly 23, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundrySeptember 21, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

gpt5nano2025080760-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyDecember 11, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryFebruary 9, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

gpt52025080760-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyDecember 11, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryFebruary 9, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

gpt5mini2025080760-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyDecember 11, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryFebruary 9, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

gpt4otranscribediarize2025101548-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyFebruary 26, 2027Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryApril 15, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

gpt4o2024051347-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyOctober 23, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryDecember 9, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

claudesonnet452025092942-day spread
  • Anthropic · Azure AI FoundryOctober 19, 2026Source
  • Anthropic · first partyNovember 30, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

gptrealtime2025082841-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyJanuary 20, 2027Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryMarch 2, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

gptaudio2025082841-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyJanuary 20, 2027Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryMarch 2, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

claudeopus452025110136-day spread between published dates
  • Anthropic · Azure AI FoundryOctober 19, 2026Source
  • Anthropic · first partyNo sooner than November 24, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

o4mini2025041627-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyOctober 23, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryNovember 19, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

o12024121727-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyOctober 23, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryNovember 19, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

o1pro2025031927-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyOctober 23, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryNovember 19, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

o3mini2025013127-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyOctober 23, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryNovember 19, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

o3pro2025061022-day spread
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryNovember 19, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · first partyDecember 11, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

o32025041622-day spread
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryNovember 19, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · first partyDecember 11, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

sora22025120821-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partySeptember 24, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryOctober 15, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

gptimage152025121615-day spread
  • OpenAI · first partyDecember 1, 2026Source
  • OpenAI · Azure AI FoundryDecember 16, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

claudeopus4710-day spread between published dates
  • Anthropic · Azure AI FoundryApril 6, 2027Source
  • Anthropic · first partyNo sooner than April 16, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

claudesonnet467-day spread between published dates
  • Anthropic · Azure AI FoundryFebruary 10, 2027Source
  • Anthropic · first partyNo sooner than February 17, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

claudehaiku45202510014-day spread between published dates
  • Anthropic · first partyNo sooner than October 15, 2026Source
  • Anthropic · Azure AI FoundryOctober 19, 2026Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

claudeopus463-day spread between published dates
  • Anthropic · Azure AI FoundryFebruary 2, 2027Source
  • Anthropic · first partyNo sooner than February 5, 2027Source

The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.

Questions

Which models is Azure AI Foundry retiring?

As of Oct 17, 2026, Azure AI Foundry has 111 upcoming dated retirements and 49 past for models it hosts. The next is claude-haiku-4-5 (Anthropic) on Oct 19, 2026. The soonest dated rows: claude-haiku-4-5 (Anthropic) on Oct 19, 2026; claude-opus-4-5 (Anthropic) on Oct 19, 2026; claude-sonnet-4-5 (Anthropic) on Oct 19, 2026. Every row in the tables above carries its own source receipt.

When is the next Azure AI Foundry model retirement?

claude-haiku-4-5 (Anthropic) on Oct 19, 2026, as published in the source linked on that row. Dates marked "no sooner than" are floors, not deadlines.

How much notice does Azure AI Foundry give before retiring a model?

Microsoft states at least 60 days’ notice before retirement: “At least 60 days’ notice before a generally available model’s retirement, sent by email and through Azure Service Health to subscriptions with active deployments.” Preview models get at least 30 days’ notice. Each GA model’s retirement date — 18 months out, or 12 months for models from Anthropic, DeepSeek, Fireworks, and Mistral AI — is set at launch and isn’t extendable, except for shortened-notice emergency security retirements. Fireworks AI’s models on Azure AI Foundry’s Standard (pay-as-you-go) tier are a narrower exception: a stated 15-day notice period before retirement.

What does a "no sooner than" date mean?

It’s a floor, not a deadline. Some providers publish only the earliest possible shutdown date for a model, with the final date to be confirmed later. Treat it as "this won’t happen before this date," not as the date itself.

What’s the difference between "Announced" and "First observed by Radar"?

"Announced" is the date the provider itself published the notice — it only appears on a row when the provider discloses one. "First observed by Radar" is Radar’s own collection timestamp, the date its pipeline first saw the source; it is never presented as the provider’s own announcement date.

Is this Azure AI Foundry’s own retirement schedule?

No — Azure AI Foundry is a hosting platform for models from multiple providers, not a model provider itself. This page lists every retirement date Azure AI Foundry has published for a model it hosts, sourced from Azure AI Foundry’s own schedule. A hosted provider’s first-party API can publish a different date for the same model; the divergence section above lists the cases where that gap is documented and dated.