Will gpt-chat-latest be GA soon?

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Will gpt-chat-latest be GA soon?

Tyler Kreider 20

Currently using gpt-5.3-chat in a workflow. It is going to be retired by the end of the month. Azure listed the recommended replacement is gpt-chat-latest, however it is still in "preview". Is this planned to be GA soon?

Anshika Varshney 15,625 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-06-17T20:09:34.0666667+00:00

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Tyler Kreider 20 Reputation points

2026-06-17T20:10:49.45+00:00

@Anshika Varshney Yes, thank you for the detailed response.
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2026-06-19T21:56:22.89+00:00

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Anshika Varshney 15,625 Microsoft External Staff Moderator

Hello @Tyler Kreider

At this time, gpt-chat-latest is still listed as a Preview model, and I am not aware of any public announcement providing a specific General Availability (GA) date. [learn.microsoft.com]

Since gpt-5.3-chat is being retired, Microsoft currently recommends migrating to gpt-chat-latest as the replacement model. However, the available documentation indicates that gpt-chat-latest continues to follow the Preview lifecycle and standard notice periods, rather than being GA today. [GPT-chat-l...for field | Seismic (MCAPS)]

For production workloads, I recommend:

Testing your application with gpt-chat-latest before the retirement of gpt-5.3-chat
Monitoring the Azure AI Foundry model documentation and release announcements for any future GA updates
Planning for model upgrades according to the published retirement schedule

As of now, there is no published GA timeline for gpt-chat-latest that I could find in the available documentation.

References

Foundry Models sold by Azure (lists GPT-chat-latest as Preview) [learn.microsoft.com]

Hope this helps! Do let me know if you have any further queries.

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@Anshika Varshney Yes, thank you for the detailed response.
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Azure documentation lists gpt-chat-latest as a Preview model and as the replacement for several retiring chat models, including gpt-5.3-chat.

However, there is no statement in the provided documentation that gpt-chat-latest is, or will be, Generally Available (GA) by a specific date. The model follows the standard Preview lifecycle and retirement/upgrade policies, but no GA timeline is published.

For now, the supported path when gpt-5.3-chat retires is to migrate to gpt-chat-latest as indicated in the model retirement schedule, understanding that it remains a Preview offering until Microsoft explicitly announces GA.

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