# When is babbage-002 retired?

babbage-002 on OpenAI was retired on Oct 28, 2024.

OpenAI recommends migrating to gpt-4o-mini.

- Provider: OpenAI
- Model ID: babbage-002
- Status: retired
- Deprecation announced: 2024-08-29
- Shutdown date: 2024-10-28
- Replacement: gpt-4o-mini
- Replacement status: unknown
- Replacement kind: different_family
- End of replacement chain: unknown
- 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/babbage-002-2/

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