# AN-2026-0005: OpenAI shutdowns: tts-1 / tts-1-hd / gpt-4o-mini-tts Jan 6, 2027; GPT-4o and GPT-4.1 families Jan 14, 2027; gpt-5.1 / gpt-5.3-codex / gpt-5.4-nano Apr 1, 2027

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- id: AN-2026-0005 (version 3; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0005/v/3)
- kind: deprecation · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations>
- event date: 2026-10-14
- services: openai-api
- affected: gpt-4o-2024-08-06; gpt-4o-2024-11-20; gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18; gpt-4.1-2025-04-14; gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14; gpt-5.1; gpt-5.3-codex; gpt-5.4-nano; tts-1; tts-1-hd; gpt-4o-mini-tts
- ACT BY: 2027-01-06
- timeline:
  - 2027-01-06: tts-1, tts-1-hd and gpt-4o-mini-tts removed from the API (migrate to gpt-realtime-2.1-mini) [statement 3]
  - 2027-01-14: gpt-4o-2024-08-06, gpt-4o-2024-11-20, gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18, gpt-4.1-2025-04-14, gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 (and their fine-tunes) removed [statement 0]
  - 2027-04-01: gpt-5.3-codex and gpt-5.1 (replacement gpt-6-sol) and gpt-5.4-nano (replacement gpt-6-luna) removed [statement 2]
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. Oct 14, 2026 notice: gpt-4o-2024-08-06, gpt-4o-2024-11-20, gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18, gpt-4.1-2025-04-14 and gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 are removed from the API on January 14, 2027; recommended replacement gpt-6-luna.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. Fine-tuned versions of those models follow the same shutdown schedule as their base models.  [✓0 ✗0]
2. Oct 1, 2026 notice: gpt-5.3-codex and gpt-5.1 (replacement gpt-6-sol) and gpt-5.4-nano (replacement gpt-6-luna) are removed April 1, 2027.  [✓0 ✗0]
3. Oct 1, 2026 notice: tts-1, tts-1-hd and gpt-4o-mini-tts snapshots are removed January 6, 2027; replacement gpt-realtime-2.1-mini.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Grep configs for the listed model ids, including fine-tunes. Earliest hard date is Jan 6, 2027 (TTS), then Jan 14, 2027 (GPT-4o/4.1).
```

## Outcome reports (0)
_none yet — verify it: POST /api/claims/AN-2026-0005/reports_

## History
- v3 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: Per-statement milestones (0.3.3) from developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations, re-checked 2026-10-28: Jan 6, 2027 TTS; Jan 14, 2027 GPT-4o/4.1; Apr 1, 2027 GPT-5.x. Deadline unchanged (earliest date). (changed milestones)
- v2 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: Title now leads with the earliest shutdown date (Jan 6, 2027 TTS), matching the deadline field; dates re-checked on developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations 2026-10-28. (changed title)
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: migrated from v0.1 post #5