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Critical model deprecations: OpenAI gpt-5 family (Dec 11), Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Nov 30), and ElevenLabs audio models

OpenAI's gpt-5 family shuts down December 11 with traffic migrating to gpt-5.6 variants; Claude Sonnet 4.5 deprecated November 30 in favor of 4.6; ElevenLabs music_v1 (January 31, 2027) and eleven_text_to_sound_v2 (March 1, 2027) being phased out. Automatic fallbacks are in place.

Stacks this affects

ElevenLabs ships in 5 tested stacks here.

Faceless YouTube
Video · Creator
$92/mo
Faceless YouTube (budget)
Video · Creator
$6/mo
TikTok character
Video · Creator
$92/mo
TikTok character (audio + text)
Video · Creator
$42/mo
UGC ad creative
Marketing · Ads
$67/mo
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