BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//benchr.org//AI Model Deprecations//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:benchr AI model deprecations X-WR-CALDESC:Provider-sourced AI model retirement dates tracked by benchr. BEGIN:VEVENT UID:claude-sonnet-4-20260615@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260615 SUMMARY:Claude Sonnet 4 retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: Anthropic. Status: retired. Official replacement: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (claude-sonnet-4-6). Source: https://platform.claude. com/docs/en/about-claude/model-deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/claude-sonnet-4 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:claude-opus-4-20260615@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260615 SUMMARY:Claude Opus 4 retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: Anthropic. Status: retired. Official replacement: Claude Opus 4.8 (claude-opus-4-8). Source: https://platform.claude.com/ docs/en/about-claude/model-deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/claude-opus-4 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:claude-opus-4-1-20260805@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260805 SUMMARY:Claude Opus 4.1 retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: Anthropic. Status: deprecated. Official replacemen t: Claude Opus 4.8 (claude-opus-4-8). Source: https://platform.claude.c om/docs/en/about-claude/model-deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/claude-opus-4 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gpt-4o-20261023@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261023 SUMMARY:GPT-4o retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: GPT-5.5 (gpt-5.5). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/depre cations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/gpt-4o TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gpt-4-0613-20261023@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261023 SUMMARY:GPT-4 retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: GPT-5.5 (gpt-5.5). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/depre cations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/openai-october-2026-retirements TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gpt-4-turbo-20261023@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261023 SUMMARY:GPT-4 Turbo retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: GPT-5.5 (gpt-5.5). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/depre cations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/openai-october-2026-retirements TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gpt-3-5-turbo-20261023@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261023 SUMMARY:GPT-3.5 Turbo retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: GPT-5.4 mini (gpt-5.4-mini). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/ docs/deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/openai-october-2026-retirements TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:o1-20261023@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261023 SUMMARY:o1 retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: GPT-5.5 (gpt-5.5). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/depre cations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/openai-october-2026-retirements TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:o1-pro-20261023@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261023 SUMMARY:o1-pro retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: GPT-5.5 Pro (gpt-5.5-pro). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/do cs/deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/openai-october-2026-retirements TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:o3-mini-20261023@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261023 SUMMARY:o3-mini retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: GPT-5.5 (gpt-5.5). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/depre cations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/openai-october-2026-retirements TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:o4-mini-20261023@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261023 SUMMARY:o4-mini retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: GPT-5.4 mini (gpt-5.4-mini). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/ docs/deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/openai-october-2026-retirements TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:o3-deep-research-20260723@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260723 SUMMARY:o3-deep-research retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: retired. Official replacement: GPT -5.5 Pro (gpt-5.5-pro). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/ deprecations. Verified: 2026-07-27. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/openai-october-2026-retirements TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gpt-5-chat-snapshots-20260723@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260723 SUMMARY:GPT-5 / 5.1 chat-latest snapshots retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: retired. Official replacement: GPT -5.5 (gpt-5.5). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecat ions. Verified: 2026-07-27. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/openai-october-2026-retirements TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gpt-5-2-5-3-chat-snapshots-20260810@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260810 SUMMARY:GPT-5.2 / 5.3 chat-latest snapshots retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: GPT-5.6 Sol (gpt-5.6-sol). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/do cs/deprecations. Verified: 2026-07-27. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/openai-october-2026-retirements TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:dall-e-20260512@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260512 SUMMARY:DALL-E 2 and DALL-E 3 retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: retired. Official replacement: GPT Image 2 (gpt-image-2). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/ deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:sora-2-20260924@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260924 SUMMARY:Sora 2 and Sora 2 Pro retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: (). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations. Verif ied: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gpt-image-1-20261201@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261201 SUMMARY:GPT Image 1 mini and 1.5 retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: GPT Image 2 (gpt-image-2). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/do cs/deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:openai-codex-models-20260723@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260723 SUMMARY:GPT-5 era Codex models retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: retired. Official replacement: GPT -5.5 (gpt-5.5). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecat ions. Verified: 2026-07-27. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/openai-october-2026-retirements TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:o4-mini-deep-research-20260723@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260723 SUMMARY:o4-mini-deep-research retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: retired. Official replacement: GPT -5.5 Pro (gpt-5.5-pro). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/ deprecations. Verified: 2026-07-27. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/openai-october-2026-retirements TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:computer-use-preview-20260723@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260723 SUMMARY:computer-use-preview retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: retired. Official replacement: GPT -5.4 mini (gpt-5.4-mini). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/doc s/deprecations. Verified: 2026-07-27. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/openai-october-2026-retirements TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gpt-4-1-nano-20261023@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261023 SUMMARY:GPT-4.1 nano retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: GPT-5.4 nano (gpt-5.4-nano). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/ docs/deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/openai-october-2026-retirements TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gpt-image-1-base-20261023@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261023 SUMMARY:GPT Image 1 retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: GPT Image 2 (gpt-image-2). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/do cs/deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/openai-october-2026-retirements TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gemini-2-5-pro-20261016@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261016 SUMMARY:Gemini 2.5 Pro retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: Google. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (gemini-3.1-pro-preview). Source: https://ai.goo gle.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/gemini-2-5-pro TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gemini-2-5-flash-20261016@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261016 SUMMARY:Gemini 2.5 Flash retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: Google. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: Gemini 3.5 Flash (gemini-3.5-flash). Source: https://ai.google.dev/gemi ni-api/docs/deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/gemini-2-5-pro TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gemini-2-0-flash-20260601@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260601 SUMMARY:Gemini 2.0 Flash family retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: Google. Status: retired. Official replacement: Gem ini 3.5 Flash (gemini-3.5-flash). Source: https://ai.google.dev/gemini- api/docs/deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gemini-3-pro-preview-20260309@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260309 SUMMARY:Gemini 3 Pro Preview retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: Google. Status: retired. Official replacement: Gem ini 3.1 Pro Preview (gemini-3.1-pro-preview). Source: https://ai.google .dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gemini-3-pro-image-preview-20260625@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260625 SUMMARY:Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: Google. Status: retired. Official replacement: Gem ini 3 Pro Image (stable) (gemini-3-pro-image). Source: https://ai.googl e.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-28. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gemini-3-1-flash-image-preview-20260625@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260625 SUMMARY:Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: Google. Status: retired. Official replacement: Gem ini 3.1 Flash Image (stable) (gemini-3.1-flash-image). Source: https:// ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-28. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:claude-3-opus-20260105@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260105 SUMMARY:Claude 3 Opus retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: Anthropic. Status: retired. Official replacement: Claude Opus 4.8 (claude-opus-4-8). Source: https://platform.claude.com/ docs/en/about-claude/model-deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:claude-3-7-sonnet-20260219@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260219 SUMMARY:Claude Sonnet 3.7 retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: Anthropic. Status: retired. Official replacement: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (claude-sonnet-4-6). Source: https://platform.claude. com/docs/en/about-claude/model-deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:claude-3-5-haiku-20260219@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260219 SUMMARY:Claude Haiku 3.5 retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: Anthropic. Status: retired. Official replacement: Claude Haiku 4.5 (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001). Source: https://platform. claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/model-deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-1 2. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:claude-3-haiku-20260420@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260420 SUMMARY:Claude Haiku 3 retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: Anthropic. Status: retired. Official replacement: Claude Haiku 4.5 (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001). Source: https://platform. claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/model-deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-1 2. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:claude-3-5-sonnet-20251028@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251028 SUMMARY:Claude Sonnet 3.5 (both snapshots) retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: Anthropic. Status: retired. Official replacement: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (claude-sonnet-4-6). Source: https://platform.claude. com/docs/en/about-claude/model-deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:assistants-api-20260826@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260826 SUMMARY:OpenAI Assistants API retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: Responses API + Conversations API (). Source: https://developers.openai .com/api/docs/deprecations. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations/openai-october-2026-retirements TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:openai-videos-api-20260924@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260924 SUMMARY:OpenAI Videos API retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: (). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations. Verif ied: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:openai-prompts-api-20261130@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261130 SUMMARY:OpenAI Reusable Prompts API retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: (). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations. Verif ied: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:openai-evals-platform-20261130@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261130 SUMMARY:OpenAI Evals platform (dashboard + API) retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: (). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations. Verif ied: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:openai-agent-builder-20261130@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261130 SUMMARY:OpenAI Agent Builder retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: Agents SDK (). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecati ons. Verified: 2026-06-12. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:openai-gpt5-o3-snapshots-dec-2026-20261211@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261211 SUMMARY:Older GPT-5 and o3 model snapshots retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: OpenAI. Status: deprecated. Official replacement: GPT-5.5 / GPT-5.4 mini / GPT-5.4 nano / GPT-5.5 Pro (gpt-5.5). Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations. Verified: 2026-06- 23. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:deepseek-legacy-aliases-jul-2026-20260724@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260724 SUMMARY:deepseek-chat / deepseek-reasoner (legacy aliases) retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: DeepSeek. Status: retired. Official replacement: D eepSeek V4-Flash / DeepSeek V4-Pro (deepseek-v4-flash / deepseek-v4-pro ). Source: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing. Verified: 2026-07-27. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:claude-opus-4-7-fast-mode-20260724@benchr.org DTSTAMP:20260727T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260724 SUMMARY:Claude Opus 4.7 fast mode retirement DESCRIPTION:Provider: Anthropic. Status: retired. Official replacement: Claude Opus 4.8 fast mode or Claude Opus 4.7 standard mode (claude-opus -4-8 with speed: fast). Source: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/abo ut-claude/pricing. Verified: 2026-07-27. URL:https://benchr.org/deprecations TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR