@@ -29,11 +29,22 @@ Azure OpenAI models are continually refreshed with newer and more capable models
Azure OpenAI notifies customers of active Azure OpenAI deployments for models with upcoming retirements. We notify customers of upcoming retirements as follows for each deployment:
-1. At model launch, we programmatically designate a "not sooner than" retirement date (typically one year out).
+1. At model launch, we programmatically designate a "not sooner than" retirement date (for preview models this is between 90-120 days from launch, for generally available (GA) models this is 365 days from launch).
2. At least 60 days notice before model retirement for Generally Available (GA) models.
-3. At least 30 days notice before preview model version upgrades.
+3. At least 30 days notice before preview model version upgrades.
-Retirements are done on a rolling basis, region by region. Notifications are sent from an unmonitored mailbox, `azure-noreply@microsoft.com`.
+Retirements are done on a rolling basis, region by region. There is no schedule for when a specific region, or SKU will be upgraded.
+
+## Current models
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> Not all models go through a deprecation period prior to retirement. Some models/versions only have a retirement date.
+>
+> **Fine-tuned models** are subject to a [different](#fine-tuned-models) deprecation and retirement schedule from their equivalent base model.
+
+These models are currently available for use in Azure OpenAI.
+
+[!INCLUDE [Model retirement table](../includes/retirement/models.md)]
## Model availability
@@ -64,13 +75,11 @@ Be aware of the following:
### Who is notified of upcoming retirements
-Azure OpenAI notifies those who are members of the following roles for each subscription with a deployment of a model with an upcoming retirement.
+Azure OpenAI notifies customers via two methods:
+- **Azure Resource Health** - Anyone with reader permissions or above can see Azure health alerts, as well as configure personalized alerts via email, SMS, etc. See [Create Service Health Alerts](/azure/service-health/alerts-activity-log-service-notifications-portal)
+- **Email** - email notifications are automatically sent to subscription owners. Any individual with reader permissions may however configure their own alerts by following the guidance above.
+
-* Owner
-* Contributor
-* Reader
-* Monitoring contributor
-* Monitoring reader
## How to get ready for model retirements and version upgrades
@@ -82,250 +91,6 @@ For information on the model upgrade process, see [How to upgrade to a new model
For more information on how to manage model upgrades and migrations for provisioned deployments, see [Managing models on provisioned deployment types](../how-to/working-with-models.md#managing-models-on-provisioned-deployment-types)
-## Current models
-
-> [!NOTE]
-> Not all models go through a deprecation period prior to retirement. Some models/versions only have a retirement date.
->
-> **Fine-tuned models** are subject to a [different](#fine-tuned-models) deprecation and retirement schedule from their equivalent base model.
-
-These models are currently available for use in Azure OpenAI.
-
-| Model | Version | Retirement date | Replacement model |
-| --------------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
-| `computer-use-preview` | 2025-03-11 | No earlier than September 1, 2025 | |
-| `dall-e-3` | 3 | No earlier than June 30, 2025 | |
-| `gpt-35-turbo-16k` | 0613 | April 30, 2025 | `gpt-4.1-mini` version: `2025-04-14` |
-| `gpt-35-turbo` | 1106 | No earlier than July 16, 2025 | `gpt-4.1-mini` version: `2025-04-14` |
-| `gpt-35-turbo` | 0125 | No earlier than July 16, 2025 | `gpt-4.1-mini` version: `2025-04-14` |
-| `gpt-4`<br>`gpt-4-32k` | 0314 | June 6, 2025 | `gpt-4o` version: `2024-11-20` |
-| `gpt-4`<br>`gpt-4-32k` | 0613 | June 6, 2025 | `gpt-4o` version: `2024-11-20` |
-| `gpt-4` | turbo-2024-04-09| No earlier than June 6, 2025 | `gpt-4o` version: `2024-11-20` |
-| `gpt-4` | 1106-preview | May 1, 2025 | `gpt-4o` version: `2024-11-20` |
-| `gpt-4` | 0125-preview | May 1, 2025 | `gpt-4o` version: `2024-11-20` |
-| `gpt-4` | vision-preview | May 15, 2025 | `gpt-4o` version: `2024-11-20` |
-| `gpt-4.5-preview` | 2025-02-27 | No Auto-upgrades <br>July 14, 2025 | `gpt-4.1` version: `2025-04-14` |
-| `gpt-4.1` | 2025-04-14 | No earlier than April 11, 2026 | |
-| `gpt-4.1-mini` | 2025-04-14 | No earlier than April 11, 2026 | |
-| `gpt-4.1-nano` | 2025-04-14 | No earlier than April 11, 2026 | |
-| `gpt-4o` | 2024-05-13 | No earlier than June 30, 2025 | `gpt-4.1` version: `2025-04-14` |
-| `gpt-4o` | 2024-08-06 | No earlier than August 6, 2025 | `gpt-4.1` version: `2025-04-14` |
-| `gpt-4o` | 2024-11-20 | No earlier than March 1, 2026 | `gpt-4.1` version: `2025-04-14` |
-| `gpt-4o-mini` | 2024-07-18 | No earlier than August 16, 2025 | `gpt-4.1-mini` version: `2025-04-14` |
-| `gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct` | 0914 | No earlier than May 31, 2025 | |
-| `gpt-image-1` | 2025-04-15 | No earlier than August 01, 2025 | |
-| `o1-preview` | 2024-09-12 | May 29, 2025 | `o1` |
-| `o1` | 2024-12-17 | No earlier than December 17, 2025 | |
-| `o4-mini` | 2025-04-16 | No earlier than April 11, 2026 | |
-| `o3` | 2025-04-16 | No earlier than April 11, 2026 | |
-| `o3-mini` | 2025-01-31 | No earlier than February 1, 2026 | |
-| `text-embedding-ada-002` | 2 | No earlier than April 30, 2026 | `text-embedding-3-small` or `text-embedding-3-large` |
-| `text-embedding-ada-002` | 1 | No earlier than April 30, 2026 | `text-embedding-3-small` or `text-embedding-3-large` |
-| `text-embedding-3-small` | | No earlier than April 30, 2026 | |
-| `text-embedding-3-large` | | No earlier than April 30, 2026 | |
-
-
-We'll notify all customers with these preview deployments at least 30 days before the start of the upgrades. We'll publish an upgrade schedule detailing the order of regions and model versions that we'll follow during the upgrades, and link to that schedule from here.
-
-> [!TIP]
-> **Will a model upgrade happen if the new model version is not yet available in that region?**
->
-> Yes, even in cases where the latest model version is not yet available in a region, we'll automatically upgrade deployments during the scheduled upgrade window. For more information, see [Azure OpenAI model versions](/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/model-versions#will-a-model-upgrade-happen-if-the-new-model-version-is-not-yet-available-in-that-region).
-
-> [!IMPORTANT]
-> Vision enhancements preview features including Optical Character Recognition (OCR), object grounding, video prompts will be retired and no longer available once `gpt-4` Version: `vision-preview` is upgraded to `turbo-2024-04-09`. If you're currently relying on any of these preview features, this automatic model upgrade will be a breaking change.
-
-## Fine-tuned models
-
-Fine-tuned models retire in two phases: training and deployment.
-
-All fine-tuned models follow their equivalent base model for **training** retirement. Once retired, a given model is no longer available for fine tuning.
-
-For fine-tuned models made generally available since `gpt-4o-2024-08-06`, **deployment** retirement occurs 1 year after **training** retirement. At deployment retirement, inference and deployment returns error responses.
-
-| Model | Version | Training retirement date | Deployment retirement date |
-| -----------------|-------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
-| `gpt-35-turbo` | 1106 | At base model retirement | At training retirement |
-| `gpt-35-turbo` | 0125 | At base model retirement | At training retirement |
-| `gpt-4o` | 2024-08-06 | At base model retirement | One year after training retirement |
-| `gpt-4o-mini` | 2024-07-18 | At base model retirement | One year after training retirement |
-| `gpt-4.1` | 2025-04-14 | At base model retirement | One year after training retirement |
-| `gpt-4.1-mini` | 2025-04-14 | At base model retirement | One year after training retirement |
-| `gpt-4.1-nano` | 2025-04-14 | At base model retirement | One year after training retirement |
-| `o4-mini` | 2025-04-16 | At base model retirement | One year after training retirement |
-
-## Default model versions
-
-| Model | Current default version | New default version | Default upgrade date |
-|---|---|---|---|
-| `gpt-35-turbo` | 0301 | 0125 | Deployments of versions `0301`, `0613`, and `1106` set to [**Auto-update to default**](/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/working-with-models?tabs=powershell#auto-update-to-default) will be automatically upgraded to version: `0125`, starting on January 21, 2025.|
-| `gpt-4o` | 2024-08-06 | - | - |
-
-## Deprecated models
-
- These models are no longer available for new deployments.
-
-If you're an existing customer looking for information about these models, see [Legacy models](./legacy-models.md).
-
-| Model | Deprecation date | Retirement date | Suggested replacement |
-| --------- | --------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------- |
-| `gpt-4o-realtime-preview` - 2024-10-01 | February 25, 2025 | March 26, 2025 | `gpt-4o-realtime-preview` (version 2024-12-17) or `gpt-4o-mini-realtime-preview` (version 2024-12-17) |
-| `gpt-35-turbo` - 0301 | | February 13, 2025 | `gpt-35-turbo` (0125) <br><br> `gpt-4o-mini` |
-| `gpt-35-turbo` - 0613 | | February 13, 2025 | `gpt-35-turbo` (0125) <br><br> `gpt-4o-mini` |
-| babbage-002 | | January 27, 2025 | |
-| davinci-002 | | January 27, 2025 | |
-| dall-e-2| | January 27, 2025 | dalle-3 |
-| ada | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | |
-| babbage | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | |
-| curie | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | |
-| davinci | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | |
-| text-ada-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | gpt-35-turbo-instruct |
-| text-babbage-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | gpt-35-turbo-instruct |
-| text-curie-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | gpt-35-turbo-instruct |
-| text-davinci-002 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | gpt-35-turbo-instruct |
-| text-davinci-003 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | gpt-35-turbo-instruct |
-| code-cushman-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | gpt-35-turbo-instruct |
-| code-davinci-002 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | gpt-35-turbo-instruct |
-| text-similarity-ada-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | text-embedding-3-small |
-| text-similarity-babbage-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | text-embedding-3-small |
-| text-similarity-curie-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | text-embedding-3-small |
-| text-similarity-davinci-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | text-embedding-3-small |
-| text-search-ada-doc-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | text-embedding-3-small |
-| text-search-ada-query-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | text-embedding-3-small |
-| text-search-babbage-doc-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | text-embedding-3-small |
-| text-search-babbage-query-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | text-embedding-3-small |
-| text-search-curie-doc-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | text-embedding-3-small |
-| text-search-curie-query-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | text-embedding-3-small |
-| text-search-davinci-doc-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | text-embedding-3-small |
-| text-search-davinci-query-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | text-embedding-3-small |
-| code-search-ada-code-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | text-embedding-3-small |
-| code-search-ada-text-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | text-embedding-3-small |
-| code-search-babbage-code-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | text-embedding-3-small |
-| code-search-babbage-text-001 | July 6, 2023 | June 14, 2024 | text-embedding-3-small |
-
## Retirement and deprecation history
-## April 15, 2025
-
-To track further individual updates to this article refer to the [Git History](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-ai-docs/commits/main/articles/ai-services/openai/concepts/model-retirements.md)
-
-## March 18, 2025
-
-GPT-4 preview models retirement date updated to date: May 1, 2025.
-
-## February 28, 2025
-
-- Updated `gpt-4` versions `1106-preview`, `0125-preview`, `vision-preview` to be upgraded to **`gpt-4o` version: `2024-11-20`**, starting no sooner than March 10, 2025.
-
-## February 25, 2025
-
-- `dalle-3` updated to no earlier than June 30, 2025.
-- `gpt-4o-realtime-preview` (2024-10-01) No earlier than March 26, 2025.
-
-## February 20, 2025
-
-- `o1-preview` updated to no earlier than April 2, 2025.
-
-## February 12, 2025
-
-- Updates to `gpt-35-turbo-16k` (0613), (1106), `gpt-35-turbo-instruct`, `gpt-4` (turbo-2024-04-09)
-
-## February 6, 2025
-
-- Updates to `gpt-35-turbo`, `gpt-4` preview models, and `gpt-4o` models.
-
-## January 9, 2025
-
-- `o1` added.
-- `gpt-35-turbo instruct` updated to no earlier than April 1, 2025.
-- `gpt-35-turbo` (0125) updated to no earlier than May 31, 2025.
-
-## December 11, 2024
-
-Embeddings models updated to no earlier than October 3, 2025.
-
-## December 2, 2024
-
-`gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct` updated to no earlier than February 1, 2025.
-
-## November 22, 2024
-
-`gpt-35-turbo` 1106 retirement date updated to no earlier than March 31, 2025.
-
-## November 11, 2024
-
-Updates to:
-
-- `babbage-002`, `davinci-002`.
-- `gpt-35-turbo` DEFAULT model version update date.
-- `gpt-35-turbo` 0301, 0613 retirement date.
-- `gpt-35-turbo` 0125 retirement date.
-- `gpt-4o` DEFAULT model update date.
-- `text-embeddings-3-small` & `text-embedding-3-large` retirement date.
-
-## October 25, 2024
-
-* `babbage-002` & `davinci-002` deprecation date: November 15, 2024 and retirement date: January 27, 2025.
-
-## September 12, 2024
-
-* `gpt-35-turbo` (0301), (0613), (1106) and `gpt-35-turbo-16k` (0613) auto-update to default upgrade date updated to November 13, 2024.
-
-## September 9, 2024
-
-* `gpt-35-turbo` (0301) and (0613) retirement changed to January 27, 2025.
-* `gpt-4` preview model upgrade date changed to starting no sooner than January 27, 2025.
-
-## September 3, 2024
-
-* Updated tables to include information on `gpt-35-turbo` default version upgrades. Deployments of versions `0301`, `0613`, and `1106` set to [**Auto-update to default**](/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/working-with-models?tabs=powershell#auto-update-to-default) will be automatically upgraded to version: `0125`, starting on November 15, 2024.|
-
-### August 22, 2024
-
-* Updated `gpt-35-turbo` (0301) retirement date to no earlier than November 1, 2024.
-* Updated `gpt4` and `gpt-4-32k` (0314 and 0613) deprecation date to November 1, 2024.
-
-### August 8, 2024
-
-* Updated `gpt-35-turbo` & `gpt-35-turbo-16k` (0613) model's retirement date to November 1, 2024.
-
-### July 30, 2024
-
-* Updated `gpt-4` preview model upgrade date to November 15, 2024 or later for the following versions:
- * 1106-preview
- * 0125-preview
- * vision-preview (Vision enhancements feature will no longer be supported once this model is retired/upgraded.)
-
-### July 18, 2024
-
-* Updated `gpt-4` 0613 deprecation date to October 1, 2024 and the retirement date to June 6, 2025.
-
-### June 19, 2024
-
-* Updated `gpt-35-turbo` 0301 retirement date to no earlier than October 1, 2024.
-* Updated `gpt-35-turbo` & `gpt-35-turbo-16k`0613 retirement date to October 1, 2024.
-* Updated `gpt-4` & `gpt-4-32k` 0314 deprecation date to October 1, 2024, and retirement date to June 6, 2025.
-
-### June 4, 2024
-
-Retirement date for legacy models updated by one month.
-
-### April 24, 2024
-
-Earliest retirement date for `gpt-35-turbo` 0301 and 0613 has been updated to August 1, 2024.
-
-### March 13, 2024
-
-We published this document to provide information about the current models, deprecated models, and upcoming retirements.
-
-### February 23, 2024
-
-We announced the upcoming in-place upgrade of `gpt-4` version `1106-preview` to `0125-preview` to start no earlier than March 8, 2024.
-
-### November 30, 2023
-
-The default version of `gpt-4` and `gpt-3-32k` was updated from `0314` to `0613` starting on November 30, 2023. The upgrade of `0314` deployments set for autoupgrade to `0613` was completed on December 3, 2023.
-
-### July 6, 2023
-
-We announced the deprecation of models with upcoming retirement on July 5, 2024.
+To track individual updates to this article refer to the [Git History](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-ai-docs/commits/main/articles/ai-services/openai/includes/retirement/models.md)