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babbage-002

Shut downOpenAIopenai/babbage-0021 platform

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OpenAI APIOpenAI: Deprecations (opens in a new tab) · checked Oct 14, 2026babbage-002Shut downShut downGPT-5.6 Terra

What breaks when you move off babbage-002

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    babbage-002 and davinci-002 used the legacy Completions endpoint. GPT-5.6 Terra does not support v1/completions.

    GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct, babbage-002, davinci-002, GPT-3.5 Turbo to GPT-5.6 Terra · OpenAI API ·

Change history

ShutdownGPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct, babbage-002, davinci-002 and gpt-3.5-turbo-1106 shut downOpenAI API1 break

OpenAI removed gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct, babbage-002, davinci-002 and the gpt-3.5-turbo-1106 snapshot. It recommends GPT-5.6 Terra.

Platform
OpenAI API
Replacement
GPT-5.6 Terra
Announced
  • Toolingbabbage-002 and davinci-002 used the legacy Completions endpoint. GPT-5.6 Terra does not support v1/completions.

Source: OpenAI, Deprecations (opens in a new tab); OpenAI, GPT-5.6 Terra model page (opens in a new tab)

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