Please reconsider retiring DALL-E-3

Already been there: OpenAI is making a huge mistake by deprecating DALL-E-3 API > OpenAI is scheduled to deprecate DALL-E-3 on 05/02/2026: On November 14th, 2025, we notified developers using DALL·E model snapshots of their deprecation and removal from the API on May 12, 2026. Shutdown date Model / system Recommended replacement 2026-05-12 dall-e-2 gpt-image-1 or gpt-image-1-mini 2026-05-12 dall-e-3 gpt-image-1 or gpt-image-1-mini Here is the problem: While gpt-image-1 is a great model, it cannot do what DALL-E-3 does. Example: A simple prompt: It is day…