{"id":95824,"date":"2026-05-07T17:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-05-07-upcoming-deprecation-of-gpt-4-1"},"modified":"2026-05-07T17:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:23:45","slug":"upcoming-deprecation-of-gpt-4-1","status":"publish","type":[3523],"link":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-05-07-upcoming-deprecation-of-gpt-4-1","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming deprecation of GPT-4.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>We will deprecate the following model across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions) on 6\/1\/2026:<\/p>\n<div data-target=\"content-table-wrap.container\" class=\"content-table-wrap\"><content-table-wrap><table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Model<\/th>\n<th>Deprecation date<\/th>\n<th>Suggested alternative<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>GPT-4.1<\/td>\n<td>2026-06-01<\/td>\n<td>GPT-5.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/content-table-wrap><\/div>\n<p>Please update your workflows and integrations to use supported models before these dates. 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