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Azure OpenAI API Changes & Updates

Azure OpenAI Service provides enterprise-grade access to OpenAI models with Microsoft's security, compliance, and regional availability. We track model deployments, pricing, and API changes.

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Intermittent inference_service_unavailable_error affecting gpt-realtime-1.5 (Azure OpenAI Realtime)

A Microsoft Q&A thread (question posted 2026-04-01, with activity on 2026-04-03) documents intermittent inference_service_unavailable_error failures affecting the gpt-realtime-1.5 model via the Azure OpenAI Realtime WebSocket API in at least the Sweden Central region. Users report repeated inference_service_unavailable_error and realtime session failures; Microsoft staff have commented in the thread. This appears to be a user-visible availability problem rather than a resolved routine support question.

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GPT-Realtime-1.5 and GPT-Audio-1.5 Models Released on Azure OpenAI

Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service released GPT-Realtime-1.5 and GPT-Audio-1.5 models in February 2026. These models provide enhanced real-time conversational AI and audio processing capabilities through the Azure platform.

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