Error "Model {modelName} is enabled only for api versions 2024-12-01-preview and later" when using o3-mini model with azure-ai-inference

[nischays]

• Package Name: azure-ai-inference
• Package Version: 1.0.0b9
• Python Version: 3.11

Describe the bug
When attempting to use the o3-mini model with ChatCompletionsClient, an error occurs:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/workspaces/testaiinference/main.py", line 13, in <module>
    response = client.complete(
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/azure/ai/inference/_patch.py", line 738, in complete
    raise HttpResponseError(response=response)
Error: (BadRequest) Model {modelName} is enabled only for api versions 2024-12-01-preview and later
Code: BadRequest
Message: Model {modelName} is enabled only for api versions 2024-12-01-preview and later

When calling the API using the api version 2024-12-01-preview, the error is presented:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/workspaces/testaiinference/main.py", line 13, in <module>
    response = client.complete(
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/azure/ai/inference/_patch.py", line 737, in complete
    map_error(status_code=response.status_code, response=response, error_map=error_map)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/azure/core/exceptions.py", line 163, in map_error
    raise error
Error: (404) Resource not found
Code: 404
Message: Resource not found

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Set the environment variables AZURE_INFERENCE_ENDPOINT and AZURE_INFERENCE_KEY correctly.
2. Run the following code with and without providing api_version:

import os
from azure.ai.inference import ChatCompletionsClient
from azure.core.credentials import AzureKeyCredential
from azure.ai.inference.models import SystemMessage, UserMessage

try:
    client = ChatCompletionsClient(
        endpoint=os.getenv("AZURE_INFERENCE_ENDPOINT"),
        credential=AzureKeyCredential(os.getenv("AZURE_INFERENCE_KEY")),
        #api_version="2024-12-01-preview",
    )

    response = client.complete(
        messages=[
            SystemMessage(content="You are a helpful assistant."),
            UserMessage(content="What is the capital of France?"),
        ],
        model="o3-mini",
    )

    print("azure-ai-inference response:", response.choices[0].message.content)

except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")

Expected behavior
I expected the API call to succeed and return a chat completion response from the o3-mini model.
Instead, it fails due to an API version mismatch.

Screenshots
N/A (Error is text-based and printed to console)

Additional context

• Other models (e.g., gpt-4o) work without issues using the same setup.
• The same model works with the AzureOpenAI library

[github-actions]

Thanks for the feedback! We are routing this to the appropriate team for follow-up. cc @dargilco @jhakulin @trangevi.