Model error diagnosis

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini | model permission denied

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini returning 403 / model permission denied means you should first confirm whether model ID openai/gpt-5-image-mini is visible for this OpenAI key, then separate permission, context, capability, rate limit, or route issues.

Model

openai/gpt-5-image-mini

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini

Provider

OpenAI

62 models in catalog

Error type

model permission denied

permission-denied

Status code

403

global model route

Model error summary

Model

openai/gpt-5-image-mini

Error type

permission-denied

Status code

403

Read-only check. Detection data burns after 5 minutes.

What this model error usually means

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini returning 403 / model permission denied means you should first confirm whether model ID openai/gpt-5-image-mini is visible for this OpenAI key, then separate permission, context, capability, rate limit, or route issues.

Model: openai/gpt-5-image-mini
Provider: OpenAI
Status code: 403

How to prove it during checking

Read-only check. Detection data burns after 5 minutes.

List models: confirm whether openai/gpt-5-image-mini is actually visible instead of guessing from the display name.
Light probe: use minimal input to verify whether OpenAI returns the same 403, then record the error body.
Compare model facts: context 400,000, input $2.5, output $2.
supports frequency_penalty
supports include_reasoning
supports logit_bias
supports logprobs

Next action

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini model permission denied should not end at failed. Return the next move: change model ID, add permission, reduce context, disable unsupported capability, change route, monitor, or hold listing.

Context: 400,000
Price: $2.5 / $2
Read-only check. Detection data burns after 5 minutes.

Open key check

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Open models

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini

Open providers

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