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  "$schema": "https://modeldeprecations.dev/api/v1/schema.json",
  "provider": "openai",
  "model": "o3-mini",
  "name": "o3-mini",
  "aliases": [
    "o3-mini-2025-01-31"
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  "description": "The reasoning model that was cheap enough to use by default, and for much of 2025 the best value on the platform for anything involving maths or code. It is deprecated with an October 2026 shutdown.",
  "released_on": "2025-01-31",
  "deprecated_on": "2026-04-22",
  "shutdown_on": "2026-10-23",
  "status": "deprecated",
  "replacements": [
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      "provider": "openai",
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      "recommended": true,
      "note": "reasoning_effort carries over directly. If o3-mini was chosen for price rather than capability, compare Terra as well before defaulting to Sol.",
      "external": false
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations",
      "title": "OpenAI API deprecations",
      "accessed": "2026-07-30"
    }
  ],
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