Google Vertex AI model shutdowns

Source: https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versions

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ShutdownInModelReplacementType
Oct 20, 20264 daysgemini-2.5-flashgemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.5-flash-lite or gemini-3.1-flash-litetext
Oct 20, 20264 daysgemini-2.5-flash-litegemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.1-flash-lite or Gemma 4text
Oct 20, 20264 daysgemini-2.5-progemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.5-flashtext
Nov 17, 2026≥ 32 daysveo-3.1-fast-generate-001—video
Nov 17, 2026≥ 32 daysveo-3.1-generate-001—video
Nov 19, 202634 daysgemini-3.6-flashgemini-3.8-flashtext
Dec 13, 202658 daysgemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio—audio
Jan 28, 2027104 daysgemini-3.7-flashgemini-3.8-flashtext
Mar 15, 2027150 daysgemini-2.5-flash-imagegemini-3.1-flash-lite-imageimage
Apr 1, 2027167 daysmultimodalembedding@001—embedding
Apr 1, 2027167 daystext-embedding-004—embedding
Apr 1, 2027167 daystext-embedding-005—embedding
Apr 1, 2027167 daystext-multilingual-embedding-002—embedding
May 7, 2027≥ 203 daysgemini-3.1-flash-lite—text
May 19, 2027≥ 215 daysgemini-3.5-flash—text
May 28, 2027≥ 224 daysgemini-3-pro-image—image
May 28, 2027≥ 224 daysgemini-3.1-flash-image—image
Jun 28, 2027≥ 255 daysgemini-3.1-flash-lite-image—image
Jul 21, 2027≥ 278 daysgemini-3.5-flash-lite—text
Sep 2, 2027≥ 321 daysgemini-3.8-flash—text
Sep 25, 2027≥ 344 daysgemini-3.8-live—audio
Oct 13, 2027≥ 362 daysgemini-4-argon—text
May 20, 2028≥ 582 daysgemini-embedding-001—embedding

Retired or no date

ShutdownInModelReplacementType
Jun 30, 2026108 days agoveo-3.0-fast-generate-001veo-3.1-fast-generate-001video
Jun 30, 2026108 days agoveo-3.0-generate-001veo-3.1-generate-001video
Jun 1, 2026137 days agogemini-2.0-flashgemini-3.1-flash-litetext
Jun 1, 2026137 days agogemini-2.0-flash-litegemini-3.1-flash-litetext
Sep 24, 2025387 days agogemini-1.5-flash-002gemini-2.5-flash-litetext
Sep 24, 2025387 days agogemini-1.5-pro-002gemini-2.5-flashtext
Sep 24, 2025387 days agoimagetextgemini-2.5-flash-imageimage
May 24, 2025510 days agogemini-1.5-flash-001gemini-2.5-flash-litetext
May 24, 2025510 days agogemini-1.5-pro-001gemini-2.5-flashtext
May 24, 2025510 days agotextembedding-gecko-multilingual@001gemini-embedding-001embedding
May 24, 2025510 days agotextembedding-gecko@003gemini-embedding-001embedding
Apr 21, 2025543 days agochat-bisongemini-2.5-flash-litetext
Apr 21, 2025543 days agocode-geckogemini-2.5-flash-liteembedding
Apr 21, 2025543 days agogemini-1.0-pro-001gemini-2.5-flashtext
Apr 21, 2025543 days agogemini-1.0-pro-002gemini-2.5-flashtext
Apr 21, 2025543 days agogemini-1.0-pro-vision-001gemini-2.5-flashtext
Apr 21, 2025543 days agotext-bisongemini-2.5-flash-litetext
Apr 21, 2025543 days agotextembedding-gecko@001gemini-embedding-001embedding
Apr 21, 2025543 days agotextembedding-gecko@002gemini-embedding-001embedding
——gemini-3.8-flash-cyber—text
——gemini-4-argon-cyber-permissive—text
——gemini-embedding-2—embedding
——gemini-nano-banana-2.1—image

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