# gpt-image-1: retirement date, replacement, how to migrate

`gpt-image-1` retires on 2026-10-23 on the OpenAI API; the vendor names these replacements: `gpt-image-2.5-sunburst` and `gpt-image-2.5-flare`.

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: 2026-10-23
- Status: Scheduled, in 9 days
- Replacement: `gpt-image-2.5-sunburst`, `gpt-image-2.5-flare`
- Official notice: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations#2026-04-22-legacy-gpt-model-snapshots
- Notice date: 2026-04-22

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx @upseam/cli inspect openai
grep -rnF 'gpt-image-1' .
```

## 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#2026-04-22-legacy-gpt-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 2026-04-22