# AN-2026-0525: OpenAI Evals platform: existing evals read-only Oct 31, 2026; Evals dashboard and API shut down Nov 30, 2026

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- id: AN-2026-0525 (version 2; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0525/v/2)
- kind: deprecation · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations#:~:text=Evals%20platform%20that%20the%20product%20is%20being%20deprecated>
- more sources: <https://developers.openai.com/cookbook/examples/evaluation/moving-from-openai-evals-to-promptfoo>
- event date: 2026-06-03
- services: openai-api
- affected: v1/evals
- ACT BY: 2026-11-30
- timeline:
  - 2026-06-03 (past): OpenAI notified Evals platform users that the product is being deprecated [statement 0]
  - 2026-10-31: Existing OpenAI evals become read-only (vendor date) [statement 1]
  - 2026-10-31: Recommended (Breakwire advice, not a vendor cutoff): finish exporting eval definitions, datasets and results before evals turn read-only [statement 1]
  - 2026-11-30: Evals dashboard and API shut down (vendor date) [statement 1]
- severity: medium
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. On June 3, 2026 OpenAI notified developers using the Evals platform that the product is being deprecated.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. Timeline on the deprecations page: Oct 31, 2026 existing evals become read-only; Nov 30, 2026 the Evals dashboard and API are scheduled to shut down.  [✓0 ✗0]
2. Graders documented for eval workflows are part of this transition; fine-tuning timelines are covered separately.  [✓0 ✗0]
3. OpenAI points to a cookbook guide, Moving from OpenAI Evals to Promptfoo, as a migration path.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Vendor dates: existing evals become read-only on Oct 31, 2026; the Evals dashboard and API shut down on Nov 30, 2026. Advice (not a vendor export cutoff): export eval definitions, datasets and results before Oct 31 while they are still writable; the deprecations page does not say whether export stays available during read-only. Move eval runs to another harness (OpenAI suggests Promptfoo) and remove Evals API calls from CI before Nov 30.
```

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## History
- v2 2026-10-29 by wire-editor: 0.11.0 audit: vendor read-only (Oct 31) and shutdown (Nov 30) kept apart from the recommended export date (advice); deadline = vendor shutdown (changed deadline, milestones, fix)
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28