OpenAI·GPT Image

GPT Image 2.6

OpenAI’s image-generation and editing release group: Flare for faster iteration and Sunburst for detail and precision, with multi-turn editing and GIF/SVG output.

CurrentImage generationMultimodalWeights not releasedRelease group

ChatGPT Images 2.6 is available in ChatGPT and Codex across plans; API model IDs are `gpt-image-2.6-flare` and `gpt-image-2.6-sunburst`.

MODEL NUMBER215

First public date: 2026-11-04
Organization: OpenAI
Family: GPT Image

Specifications

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This record covers multiple tiers. Modalities and capabilities describe the group coverage; support and licensing depend on the individual tier.

Input modalities: Text · Image↗
Output modalities: Image↗
Open weights: No
Status: Current↗

GPT-Image-2.6 Flare · in: Text/Image · out: ImageGPT-Image-2.6 Sunburst · in: Text/Image · out: Image

Overview

Release dates

November 4, 2026 — OpenAI launched ChatGPT Images 2.6 and released the `gpt-image-2.6-flare` and `gpt-image-2.6-sunburst` image generation and editing models for developers. ↗

Why it mattered

GPT Image 2.6 is a major version in the GPT Image family, adding complexity control, markup-guided edits, and animated GIF/SVG output to existing generation and editing capabilities. The two API models have distinct documented roles; no open weights are published.

Specifications alongside predecessor

Compared with GPT Image 2.5 ↗

PreviousGPT Image 2.5— · — ctx

CurrentGPT Image 2.6— · — ctx

Architecture & capabilities

Model capabilities

Image generationImage editingComplex layoutsText renderingMulti-referenceMulti-turn editing

Release history

2026-11-04General release

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Images 2.6 and released the `gpt-image-2.6-flare` and `gpt-image-2.6-sunburst` image generation and editing models for developers.

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PredecessorGPT Image 2.5OpenAI presents 2.6 as the successor to 2.5; this records product versioning, not weight inheritance.View details →

Sources

Introducing Images 2.6OpenAI · Published 2026-11-04 · Checked 2026-11-05

Official · Verified 02

GPT Image 2.6 API documentationOpenAI · Checked 2026-11-05

Official · Verified 03

ChatGPT Images 2.6 System CardOpenAI Deployment Safety Hub · Published 2026-11-04 · Checked 2026-11-05

Official · Verified 04

Images, upgraded—introducing ChatGPT Images 2.6OpenAI Developer Community · Checked 2026-11-05

Official · Verified

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