Model retirement dates / OpenAI
text-davinci-002
OpenAI retired text-davinci-002 on 4 January 2024. API calls to it now fail. The recommended replacement is gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct (which is itself retiring; move to gpt-5.6-terra).
| Provider | OpenAI |
|---|---|
| Status | Retired (as of 11 Nov 2026) |
| Shutdown | 4 January 2024 |
| Replacement | gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct → move to gpt-5.6-terra |
| Model type | Text |
| Source | OpenAI deprecations page |
Before you switch
A replacement model answers the same prompt differently: tone, length, format, and whether JSON still parses. Driftline Pro runs your real prompts on gpt-5.6-terra in CI, so you see the new answers before you ship the switch. See a drift test.
Check your code for it
Run this in your repository. No install and no API key; it lists every OpenAI, Anthropic and Google model ID it finds, with its retirement date and replacement:
npx -y @aidriftline/driftline .Or look for this ID only: grep -rn "text-davinci-002" . (misses aliases, Bedrock and Vertex names, and IDs split across lines).
To be warned automatically before the next retirement, add the free Driftline GitHub Action. It annotates the exact line in pull requests and can fail the build on retired models.
Same date at OpenAI
code-davinci-edit-001 code-search-ada-code-001 code-search-ada-text-001 code-search-babbage-code-001 code-search-babbage-text-001 text-ada-001 text-babbage-001 text-curie-001 text-davinci-001 text-davinci-003 text-davinci-edit-001 text-search-ada-doc-001
Checked against OpenAI's official page on 11 November 2026. Something wrong? hello@aidriftline.com