# GPT-Realtime-2.1 Mini: Provider API status update

GPT-Realtime-2.1 Mini: Provider API status update. First seen 18 Sep 2026 Catalogues list a 128,000 tokens context window. 5 evidence links.

- Kind: Provider API status update
- Developer: OpenAI
- Confidence: Confirmed
- First seen: 2026-09-18T23:09:15.571Z
- Model: [GPT-Realtime-2.1 Mini](https://alexgetman.com/models/openai/gpt-realtime-mini/)
- Canonical: https://alexgetman.com/signals/2026/09/18/gpt-realtime-mini/

## Provider API status update

- Microsoft Foundry · gpt-realtime-2.1-mini · 2026-07-07
- Model inference · GA
- Retirement: 2027-06-25

## Evidence links

- [Azure Foundry · lifecycle](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/concepts/model-lifecycle-retirement?view=azureml-api-2)
- [TrueFoundry · Azure catalogue](https://github.com/truefoundry/models/blob/main/providers/microsoft-foundry/gpt-realtime-2.1-mini.yaml)
- [models.dev · catalogue](https://models.dev/#gpt-realtime-mini)
- [OpenAI · pricing](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing)
- [OpenAI · model index](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-realtime-2.1-mini)