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OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o on 14 Jan 2027: what breaks in your n8n/Make/Zapier automations and how to fix it
DEV · By mdfifty50-boop ·
The Brief
- OpenAI will retire GPT-4o on 14 January 2027
- Per the DEV Community article, gpt-4o, gpt-4o-mini and gpt-4.1-mini are also affected by the shutdown
- After 14 January 2027, the OpenAI step in automations returns an error
Why it matters
Automations built in tools like n8n, Make or Zapier that call these models will start failing after the shutdown date unless they are switched to another model.
Who’s affected
- Teams running n8n, Make or Zapier automations that call OpenAI models
- Developers using gpt-4o, gpt-4o-mini or gpt-4.1-mini in production
What to do
- Find automations that call gpt-4o, gpt-4o-mini or gpt-4.1-mini and switch them to a supported model before 14 January 2027
- GPT-4o
- GPT-4o-mini
- GPT-4.1-mini
- #openai
- #gpt-4o
- #deprecation
- #automation
- #llm
If you built an automation in the last two years that "uses ChatGPT", there is a good chance it calls gpt-4o , gpt-4o-mini or gpt-4.1-mini . OpenAI shuts those down on 14 January 2027 . After that date the OpenAI step returns an error, and whatever sat downstream (the reply to a…
Timeline
DEV Community: ai
OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o on 14 Jan 2027: what breaks in your n8n/Make/Zapier automations and how to fix it
OpenAI retires GPT-4o, gpt-4o-mini and gpt-4.1-mini