# AN-2026-0527: OpenAI shuts down gpt-image-1-mini, gpt-image-1.5 and chatgpt-image-latest on Dec 1, 2026

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- id: AN-2026-0527 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0527/v/1)
- kind: deprecation · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations#:~:text=older%20GPT%20Image%20models>
- event date: 2026-06-02
- services: openai-api
- affected: gpt-image-1-mini; gpt-image-1.5; gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16; chatgpt-image-latest
- ACT BY: 2026-12-01
- 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 2, 2026 OpenAI notified developers using older GPT Image models of their deprecation and removal from the API on December 1, 2026.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. Listed: gpt-image-1-mini, gpt-image-1.5 / gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16, chatgpt-image-latest; recommended replacement gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare.  [✓0 ✗0]
2. gpt-image-1 itself was already shut down on October 23, 2026 (legacy snapshots table on the same page).  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Switch image generation/editing calls to gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare before Dec 1, 2026 and re-check output size/quality parameters.
```

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28