GPT-5.5 appears in Foundry and Azure CLI quota, but is missing from quota increase form

Question

I am trying to request quota for GPT-5.5 in Microsoft Foundry / Azure OpenAI.

In Foundry, gpt-5.5 appears as a deployable model, but supported regions show insufficient quota. Azure CLI also shows quota rows for gpt-5.5 with limit 0. For example:

• OpenAI.GlobalStandard.gpt-5.5 in East US 2: limit 0
• OpenAI.GlobalStandard.gpt-5.5 in Sweden Central: limit 0
• OpenAI.GlobalStandard.gpt-5.5 in Poland Central: limit 0
• OpenAI.GlobalStandard.gpt-5.5 in South Central US: limit 0

However, the official Microsoft Foundry Service quota increase form does not include gpt-5.5 in the Azure OpenAI / Global Standard model dropdown. It includes gpt-5.4, gpt-5.4-pro, gpt-5.3-codex, gpt-5.2, and other models, but not gpt-5.5.

How should customers request GPT-5.5 quota when the model is visible in Foundry and Azure CLI, but absent from the quota request form?

Answer 1

Hello @Josh H

Thank you for your questions.

What you are seeing is expected during the rollout of a newly released model such as GPT-5.5.

Although GPT-5.5 is already visible in Azure AI Foundry and appears in Azure CLI quota listings, the self-service quota request form is updated through a separate release process. Because of this, there can be a temporary delay before newly released models are added to the quota request dropdown.

Why GPT-5.5 Appears in Foundry and Azure CLI but Not in the Quota Form

Azure AI Foundry and the Azure CLI reflect backend model availability as soon as a model is onboarded to the Azure platform.

The quota request form is maintained separately and may be updated after the model becomes generally available.

During this transition period, it is normal for a model to:

• appear as deployable in Foundry,
• appear in quota APIs and Azure CLI,
• show a quota value of 0, and
• not yet appear in the self-service quota request form.

A quota value of 0 simply indicates that the model has been onboarded in that region, but quota has not yet been allocated to your subscription.

Is GPT-5.5 Officially Supported for Quota Requests?

Yes. GPT-5.5 is a supported Azure AI Foundry model.

Microsoft documentation indicates that:

• Some subscription tiers receive GPT-5.5 quota automatically.
• Other subscription tiers require a quota request before deployment.

This confirms that quota requests for GPT-5.5 are supported. The absence of GPT-5.5 from the quota request form dropdown is due to the quota request interface not yet being fully updated, rather than the model being unavailable for request.

How to Request GPT-5.5 Quota Today

Option 1: Use the Standard Quota Request Form

You may submit a request using the existing form:

When completing the form:

• Select a recent Global Standard GPT model from the dropdown (for example, GPT-5.4).
• In the Additional Details section, clearly specify:
  • Model Name: GPT-5.5
  • Model ID: OpenAI.GlobalStandard.gpt-5.5
  • Deployment Type: Global Standard
  • Requested region(s)
  • Desired TPM and/or RPM quota

Request form: https://customervoice.microsoft.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=v4j5cvGGr0GRqy180BHbR4xPXO648sJKt4GoXAed-0pUQzUzQ08yN1kzQUcwNkE2UkFPRkMwMzM2QiQlQCN0PWcu

Our quota operations team can manually process the request based on the information you provide.

Quota increase form: https://aka.ms/oai/stuquotarequest

Is GPT-5.5 Intentionally Not Requestable Yet?

No. There is currently no indication that GPT-5.5 quota requests are intentionally restricted.

Rather, this is a common temporary gap between:

• model availability in Azure AI Foundry and backend quota systems, and
• model availability in the self-service quota request interface.

ETA for Native Quota Form Support

At this time, Microsoft has not published a specific ETA for when GPT-5.5 will appear directly in the quota request form dropdown.

For the latest updates, please refer to:

• Azure AI Foundry model documentation
• Azure OpenAI quotas and limits documentation
• Azure Service Updates

Until the self-service form is updated, submitting a request through the standard quota form (with GPT-5.5 specified in the Additional Details section) or through Azure Support is the recommended and supported approach.

Please refer this

Azure AI Foundry quotas & limits: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-foundry/openai/quotas-limits

Foundry Models sold directly by Azure (includes GPT-5.5): https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/foundry/foundry-models/concepts/models-sold-directly-by-azure#gpt-55

Model capacities API (to view programmatic capacity): https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/aiservices/accountmanagement/model-capacitie

I Hope this helps. Do let me know if you have any further queries.

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Answer 2

gpt-5.5 currently has a quota tier entry but with 0 RPM/TPM in all tiers, and both DataZoneStandard and GlobalStandard show 0 | 0 for this model.

From the quota tier tables:

• Tier 1: gpt-5.5 | DataZoneStandard | 0 | 0 and gpt-5.5 | GlobalStandard | 0 | 0
• Tier 2: gpt-5.5 | DataZoneStandard | 0 | 0 and gpt-5.5 | GlobalStandard | 0 | 0
• Tier 3: gpt-5.5 | DataZoneStandard | 0 | 0 and gpt-5.5 | GlobalStandard | 0 | 0
• Tier 4: gpt-5.5 | DataZoneStandard | 0 | 0 and gpt-5.5 | GlobalStandard | 0 | 0

This indicates that, although the model appears in Foundry and in quota listings, it has no allocatable capacity at this time. That is consistent with it not being exposed in the quota increase request form: the form only allows increases for models where nonzero quota can be granted.

Given the current behavior and documentation, there is no supported path to request additional quota for gpt-5.5 specifically. The available, supported options are:

1. Use other GPT-5.x models that do support quota increases
   • For example, gpt-5, gpt-5.1, gpt-5.2, gpt-5.3-codex, gpt-5.4, and gpt-5.4-pro all have nonzero RPM/TPM values in the quota tier tables and appear in the quota request form.
   • Quota for these models can be requested via the standard quota increase request form.
2. Confirm overall quota tier and capacity
   • Check the subscription’s quota tier using the quota tier control plane API as described in the quota tiers documentation.
   • Use the capacity API or the Azure AI Foundry/Foundry portal quota page to verify regional capacity for other GPT-5.x models that can be used instead of gpt-5.5.
3. If behavior changes in the future
   • When Microsoft enables allocatable capacity for gpt-5.5 (nonzero RPM/TPM), the model would be expected to appear in the quota increase form like other supported models. At that point, quota could be requested using the same quota increase request form.

Until gpt-5.5 has nonzero quota in the official quota tier tables and is surfaced in the quota request form, customers are expected to use other GPT-5.x models with available quota and request increases for those models instead.

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References:

• Azure OpenAI in Microsoft Foundry Models quotas and limits
• Azure OpenAI in Azure AI Foundry Models quotas and limits
• Manage and increase quotas for resources with Microsoft Foundry (Foundry projects)