OpenAI Daybreak Red

OpenAI has released Daybreak Red, an alias for its most advanced purpose-trained cybersecurity models, designed for authorized vulnerability research, exploit validation, and security testing. The model, which requires separate approval through the Daybreak program, features a 400,000-token context window, 128,000 max output tokens, and a knowledge cutoff of Feb 16, 2026, with rate limits ranging from 500 to 15,000 requests per minute depending on tier.

Daybreak Red Default An alias for advanced cybersecurity models for authorized vulnerability research and security testing. An alias for advanced cybersecurity models for authorized vulnerability research and security testing. Reasoning Highest Speed Fast Input Text, image Output Text An alias for our most advanced purpose-trained cybersecurity models, for approved defenders conducting advanced, authorized vulnerability research, exploit validation, and security testing. This model requires separate approval and provisioning, you can apply to join the Daybreak program here https://openai.com/daybreak/ . More details on pricing here https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing . 400,000 context window 128,000 max output tokens Feb 16, 2026 knowledge cutoff Reasoning token support Modalities Text Input and output Image Input only Audio Not supported Video Not supported Endpoints Chat Completions v1/chat/completions Responses v1/responses Realtime v1/realtime Realtime translation v1/realtime/translations Realtime transcription v1/realtime/transcription sessions Assistants v1/assistants Batch v1/batch Fine-tuning v1/fine-tuning Embeddings v1/embeddings Image generation v1/images/generations Videos v1/videos Image edit v1/images/edits Speech generation v1/audio/speech Transcription v1/audio/transcriptions Translation v1/audio/translations Moderation v1/moderations Completions legacy v1/completions Features Streaming Supported Function calling Supported Structured outputs Supported Fine-tuning Not supported Tools Tools supported by this model when using the Responses API. Web search Supported File search Supported Image generation Supported Code interpreter Supported Hosted shell Supported Apply patch Supported Skills Supported Computer use Supported MCP Supported Tool search Supported Snapshots Snapshots let you lock in a specific version of the model so that performance and behavior remain consistent. Below is a list of all available snapshots and aliases for Daybreak Red. daybreak-red-latest gpt-5.6-cyber gpt-5.6-cyber Rate limits Rate limits ensure fair and reliable access to the API by placing specific caps on requests, tokens, audio duration, or other usage within a given time period. Your usage tier determines how high these limits are set and automatically increases as you send more requests and spend more on the API. | Tier | RPM | TPM | Batch queue limit | |---|---|---|---| | Free | Not supported | || | Tier 1 | 500 | 500,000 | 1,500,000 | | Tier 2 | 5,000 | 1,000,000 | 3,000,000 | | Tier 3 | 5,000 | 2,000,000 | 100,000,000 | | Tier 4 | 10,000 | 4,000,000 | 200,000,000 | | Tier 5 | 15,000 | 40,000,000 | 15,000,000,000 |