# When is ada retired?

ada on OpenAI was retired on Jan 4, 2024.

OpenAI recommends migrating to babbage-002.

> Warning: the replacement babbage-002 is retired (shutdown 2026-09-28). Deepest tracked model in the chain: babbage-002 (retired).

- Provider: OpenAI
- Model ID: ada
- Status: retired
- Deprecation announced: unknown
- Shutdown date: 2024-01-04
- Replacement: babbage-002
- Replacement status: retired
- Replacement kind: different_family
- End of replacement chain: babbage-002 (retired, openai)
- Official source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations
- Last checked: 2026-11-06T05:52:31+00:00
- Check status: verified
- Provider coverage today: https://aideprecations.com/api/v1/coverage.json
- Page: https://aideprecations.com/openai/ada/

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