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DALL·E 2 (OpenAI)

Retired

Yes — DALL·E 2 is retired. OpenAI deprecated it on November 14, 2025 and shut it down on May 12, 2026; API requests to it now fail. The recommended replacement is GPT Image 2.

The model that put text-to-image generation in front of a general audience in 2022, complete with the waitlist that made it feel like an event. By the time it was retired in May 2026 it had been outclassed for years — it survived on inertia and on the inpainting API that had no direct successor for a while.

The facts

Provider OpenAI
Model id dall-e-2
Released April 6, 2022
Deprecated November 14, 2025
Shutdown May 12, 2026 · 79 days ago
Status Retired
Last verified July 30, 2026

What to use instead

OpenAI GPT Image 2 gpt-image-2 Provider-recommended Active

The request shape differs: gpt-image models are called through the images endpoint with a different parameter set, and there is no direct equivalent of the DALL·E 2 variations call.

What parameters gpt-image-2 accepts on modelparams.dev

Change the id

In most cases the migration is one string. Check the parameter differences before you ship — newer models drop older sampling knobs more often than they add them. 

- "model": "dall-e-2"
+ "model": "gpt-image-2"

Frequently asked questions

When did OpenAI DALL·E 2 shut down?
OpenAI DALL·E 2 shut down on May 12, 2026. API requests to it fail from that date onward.
What replaces OpenAI DALL·E 2?
OpenAI recommends GPT Image 2 (`gpt-image-2`) as the replacement for OpenAI DALL·E 2. The request shape differs: gpt-image models are called through the images endpoint with a different parameter set, and there is no direct equivalent of the DALL·E 2 variations call.
Is OpenAI DALL·E 2 still available?
No. OpenAI DALL·E 2 is retired and no longer served — it was shut down on May 12, 2026. Calls to it return an error.
How do I migrate from OpenAI DALL·E 2 to gpt-image-2?
Swap the model id in your API call: replace "dall-e-2" with "gpt-image-2". The request shape differs: gpt-image models are called through the images endpoint with a different parameter set, and there is no direct equivalent of the DALL·E 2 variations call.

Sources

Found something wrong? The data is one YAML file — edit it on GitHub.

This page, for machines

JSON Markdown Badge JSON

Drop the badge in a README so it turns red the day this model is retired:

[![dall-e-2](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://modeldeprecations.dev/badge/openai/dall-e-2.json)](https://modeldeprecations.dev/openai/dall-e-2)

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How to use this site

The full guide, in Markdown. Copy it and hand it to a coding agent verbatim.

# How to use modeldeprecations.dev

[modeldeprecations.dev](https://modeldeprecations.dev) answers one question per model: is it deprecated,
when does it shut down, and what replaces it. Every date on the site is cited to the
provider's own documentation, with the date we last checked it.

Three lifecycle states are used, matching the providers' own vocabulary:

- **active** — still supported, no deprecation announced.
- **deprecated** — the provider has announced it is going away. It still answers requests.
- **retired** — API access is gone. Requests fail.

A model can be active *and* carry a shutdown date: Anthropic publishes a
"not sooner than" date and Google publishes an earliest shutdown date for models
that are current and fully supported. Those are reported as scheduled shutdowns,
not deprecations, because that is what the provider actually committed to.

## Check one model

```bash
curl https://modeldeprecations.dev/api/v1/models/openai/gpt-4-32k.json
```

Or fetch the page as Markdown, which includes the answer, the dates and the sources:

```bash
curl https://modeldeprecations.dev/openai/gpt-4-32k.md
```

## Full catalog

```bash
curl https://modeldeprecations.dev/api/v1/models.json
```

Ids are `provider/model`. Dated snapshots (`gpt-4-32k-0613`) are listed as aliases of
their canonical entry rather than as separate records.

Each entry carries `computed_status`, the lifecycle state recomputed against the build
date — so a model whose shutdown has passed reads `retired` without anyone editing data.

## Badges

A shields.io endpoint per model, for READMEs that should go red when a model dies:

```
https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://modeldeprecations.dev/badge/openai/gpt-4-32k.json
```

## Calendar and changelog

- Subscribe to every shutdown date: https://modeldeprecations.dev/calendar.ics
- Changelog RSS: https://modeldeprecations.dev/changelog.xml

## JSON Schema

```bash
curl https://modeldeprecations.dev/api/v1/schema.json
```

## Contribute

Data lives in YAML under `models/{provider}/{model}.yaml` in the
[GitHub repo](https://github.com/mnfst/modeldeprecations.dev). Every lifecycle date needs a source URL; CI rejects a
date without one. Open a PR.

## For agents

- Machine-readable overview: https://modeldeprecations.dev/llms.txt
- This guide plus every model inline: https://modeldeprecations.dev/llms-full.txt
- Any page also exists as Markdown: append `.md` to a model URL.
- In a browser, this site registers a **WebMCP** tool on `navigator.modelContext`:
  `check_model_deprecation`, `list_shutdowns`, `find_replacement`, and `get_usage_guide`.
- Parameters each model accepts are catalogued on the sibling site, https://modelparams.dev.