# dall-e-2: retirement date, replacement, how to migrate

`dall-e-2` was retired on 2026-05-12 on the OpenAI API; the vendor names these replacements: `gpt-image-2`, `gpt-image-1`, and `gpt-image-1-mini`.

This date is the one in the OpenAI notice for the OpenAI API. Other platforms that host the same model publish their own dates.

## Facts

- Retirement date: 2026-05-12
- Status: Retired, 155 days ago
- Replacement: `gpt-image-2`, `gpt-image-1`, `gpt-image-1-mini`
- Official notice: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations#2025-11-14-dalle-model-snapshots
- Notice date: 2025-11-14

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx @upseam/cli inspect openai
grep -rnF 'dall-e-2' .
```

## Migrate

The vendor names more than one replacement. Which one applies is in its notice. Vendor's notice: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations#2025-11-14-dalle-model-snapshots

## Get warned automatically

Upseam is Dependabot for APIs: it watches vendor changelogs and opens a checked pull request when a change affects your code.

Last updated 2025-11-14