# AN-2026-0650: OpenAI removed the Realtime API beta (OpenAI-Beta: realtime=v1), gpt-4o-realtime/audio-preview models and dall-e-2 / dall-e-3 in May 2026

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- id: AN-2026-0650 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0650/v/1)
- kind: breaking · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations#:~:text=The%20Realtime%20API%20Beta%20was%20deprecated%20and%20removed>
- more sources: <https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations#:~:text=DALL%C2%B7E%20model%20snapshots>
- event date: 2025-09-15
- services: openai-api
- affected: openai-api:OpenAI-Beta: realtime=v1; gpt-4o-realtime-preview; gpt-4o-realtime-preview-2025-06-03; gpt-4o-realtime-preview-2024-12-17; gpt-4o-mini-realtime-preview; gpt-4o-audio-preview; gpt-4o-mini-audio-preview; dall-e-2; dall-e-3
- ACT BY: 2026-05-07
- timeline:
  - 2026-05-07 (past): gpt-4o-realtime-preview, gpt-4o-mini-realtime-preview, gpt-4o-audio-preview and gpt-4o-mini-audio-preview models removed [statement 1]
  - 2026-05-12 (past): Realtime API beta interface (OpenAI-Beta: realtime=v1) removed; dall-e-2 and dall-e-3 removed [statement 0]
- 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. OpenAI's deprecations page (opened 2026-10-29) says the Realtime API Beta was deprecated (2025-09-15 entry) and removed on May 12, 2026; the OpenAI-Beta: realtime=v1 interface is replaced by the GA Realtime API, whose interface has 'a few key differences' covered in a migration guide. The DALL-E entry (2025-11-14) says dall-e-2 and dall-e-3 were removed on May 12, 2026 (replacements gpt-image-2, gpt-image-1 or gpt-image-1-mini at the time; gpt-image-1 itself was shut down Oct 23, 2026).  [✓0 ✗0]
1. The 2025-09-15 gpt-4o-realtime-preview entry says gpt-4o-realtime-preview and its 2025-06-03 / 2024-12-17 snapshots were removed on 2026-05-07 (-> gpt-realtime-1.5), gpt-4o-mini-realtime-preview -> gpt-realtime-mini, gpt-4o-audio-preview -> gpt-audio-1.5 and gpt-4o-mini-audio-preview -> gpt-audio-mini.  [✓0 ✗0]
2. Several of those replacements are themselves scheduled for removal: legacy gpt-realtime / gpt-audio / mini snapshots shut down Jan 20, 2027 (see AN-2026-0528), so migrate straight to gpt-realtime-2.1 / gpt-audio-1.5; for images, gpt-image-1-mini and gpt-image-1.5 shut down Dec 1, 2026 (AN-2026-0527).  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Drop the OpenAI-Beta: realtime=v1 header and move to the GA Realtime API event shapes; use gpt-realtime-2.1 / gpt-realtime-2.1-mini and gpt-audio-1.5 instead of the 4o realtime/audio previews; replace dall-e-2/dall-e-3 with gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare.
```

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v1 2026-10-29 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28