Updated the chat-latest snapshot, which points to the latest model available in ChatGPT for Plus and Pro users. We recommend leveraging GPT-5.6 Sol for production API usage, but feel free to use this model to test the latest improvements for chat use cases. The underlying model snapshot will be regularly updated. Read more here.
Fast mode now supports long-context requests for GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, and GPT-5.6 Luna. As of today, long-context prompts exceeding 272K tokens can run in Fast mode, delivering speeds up to 2.5× faster than the Standard tier. See pricing details.
Customers can now filter and group data by API key in the Usage and Costs dashboards. The Usage API and Costs API also support the API key dimension for programmatic reporting and analysis.
Starting July 30, GPT-5.6 Luna costs 80% less, while GPT-5.6 Terra costs 20% less. See pricing details. We're also introducing Fast mode in the API, which replaces our Priority Processing offering. For GPT-5.6 Sol, Fast mode now delivers up to 2.5× faster speeds than standard processing at twice the price. This change is backward compatible: requests tagged priority will automatically use Fast mode.
Released the official OpenAI Terraform provider for managing OpenAI API Platform resources as infrastructure as code. Provision and manage projects, users, groups, roles, access assignments, service accounts, certificates, invitations, and project-level rate limits. Use standard Terraform workflows to review and apply changes, import existing resources, and detect and reconcile configuration drift. Install the provider from the Terraform Registry.
Released GPT Transcribe for accurate file transcription and final transcripts of committed Realtime turns, along with GPT Live Transcribe for low-latency streaming transcription. Both models support free-form transcription context, keyword hints, and multiple expected input languages. Compare supported outputs and workflows in the transcription guide.
Added hard spend limits for organizations and projects on the OpenAI API platform. Set a monthly cap that causes affected API requests to return a 429 error when tracked spend reaches the limit. Use spend alerts for notification before traffic is interrupted. Read more in the spend limits guide.
Released the GPT-5.6 model family, including GPT-5.6 Sol for frontier capability, GPT-5.6 Terra for a balance of intelligence and cost, and GPT-5.6 Luna for efficient, high-volume workloads. The gpt-5.6 alias routes requests to gpt-5.6-sol. GPT-5.6 adds Programmatic Tool Calling, explicit prompt caching controls, persisted reasoning, max reasoning effort, and Pro mode, and Multi-agent orchestration in beta for the Responses API. GPT-5.6 also accepts images at their original dimensions with original or auto image detail.
Released GPT-Realtime-2.1, an updated realtime reasoning model with improved alphanumeric recognition, silence and noise handling, and interruption behavior. Also released GPT-Realtime-2.1 mini, a faster, lower-cost distilled reasoning model for realtime voice applications.
Updated the chat-latest snapshot, which points to the latest Instant model currently used in ChatGPT. We recommend leveraging GPT-5.5 for production API usage, but feel free to use this model to test the latest improvements for chat use cases. The underlying model snapshot will be regularly updated. Read more here.
Released the Safety Usage Dashboard on the OpenAI API platform. The Safety dashboard shows blocked Responses requests based on safety_identifier values sent on requests to identify end users. Visit the Safety dashboard.
Web search can now return image results alongside regular text results. Use image search when your application needs current or web-grounded visuals, such as product photos, landmarks, places, events, or visual references. Read more in the web search guide.