The legacy Completions examples below use gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct, which has a [scheduled shutdown date of September 28…
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- The legacy Completions examples below use `gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct`, which has a [scheduled shutdown date of September 28, 2026](https://platform.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations#2025-09-26-legacy-gpt-model-snapshots) - . After that date, retain the retry pattern but migrate the request to [Responses or Chat Completions](https://platform.openai.com/api/docs/guides/responses-vs-chat-completions) - with `gpt-5.6-terra`; changing the model ID in a Completions request is not sufficient. + The legacy Completions examples below use `gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct`, which was shut down on [September 28, 2026](https://platform.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations#2025-09-26-legacy-gpt-model-snapshots) + . You can use the same retry pattern with current models by migrating to [Responses or Chat Completions](https://platform.openai.com/api/docs/guides/responses-vs-chat-completions) + .