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Straight from the source · What stops working, and when

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Vol. I No. 26 Saturday, October 17, 2026 Closing 12:53 PM UTC · next edition 10:00 AM UTC

What stops working soon, and what to use instead.

3days
Next to stop
gemini-2.5-flash and 2 more
Google Cloud · Tue, Oct 20, 2026
Switch to gemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.5-flash-lite or gemini-3.1-flash-lite

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By vendor: OpenAI 51Anthropic 1Gemini API 12Node.js 1Python 1Kubernetes 3.NET 2Ubuntu 2Django 1Vertex AI 11Mistral AI 1CohereRuby 1Java (Oracle) 2PostgreSQL 1

The next 30 days

  1. Google Cloud (Vertex AI)

    3 shut downin 3 days
    • gemini-2.5-flash → gemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.5-flash-lite or gemini-3.1-flash-lite
    • gemini-2.5-flash-lite → gemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.1-flash-lite or Gemma 4
    • gemini-2.5-pro → gemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.5-flash

  2. Google (Gemini API)

    4 shut downin 5 days
    • gemini-omni-flash-preview → gemini-omni-1.1-flash
    • veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview → gemini-omni-1.1-flash
    • veo-3.1-generate-preview → gemini-omni-1.1-flash
    • veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview → gemini-omni-1.1-flash

  3. Google (Gemini API)

    Shuts downin 6 days
    • deep-research-pro-preview-12-2025 → deep-research-preview-04-2026

  4. OpenAI

    17 shut downin 6 days
    • ft-babbage-002 → gpt-5.6-terra
    • ft-davinci-002 → gpt-5.6-terra
    • ft-gpt-3.5-turbo → gpt-5.6-terra
    • ft-gpt-4 → gpt-5.6-sol
    • ft-gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14 → gpt-5.6-luna
    Show 12 more
    • ft-o4-mini-2025-04-16 → gpt-5.6-terra
    • gpt-3.5-turbo-0125 | gpt-3.5-turbo, gpt-3.5-turbo-completions → gpt-5.6-terra
    • gpt-4-0613 | gpt-4, gpt-4-0613-completions, gpt-4-completions → gpt-5.6-sol
    • gpt-4-1106-preview → gpt-5.6-sol
    • gpt-4-turbo | gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09, gpt-4-turbo-completions → gpt-5.6-sol
    • gpt-4.1-nano | gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14 → gpt-5.6-luna
    • gpt-4o-2024-05-13 → gpt-5.6-sol
    • gpt-image-1 → gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare
    • o1-2024-12-17 | o1 → gpt-5.6-sol
    • o1-pro-2025-03-19 | o1-pro → gpt-5.6-sol (reasoning.mode: pro)
    • o3-mini-2025-01-31 | o3-mini → gpt-5.6-sol
    • o4-mini-2025-04-16 | o4-mini → gpt-5.6-terra

  5. Kubernetes (release schedule)

    End of supportin 10 days
    • Kubernetes 1.34

  6. Mistral AI

    Shuts downin 14 days
    • zai-glm-5-2 → Z.ai GLM 5.3

  7. .NET (release metadata)

    2 reach end of supportin 24 days
    • .NET 8.0 (LTS)
    • .NET 9.0 (STS)

  8. PostgreSQL (versioning policy)

    End of supportin 26 days
    • PostgreSQL 14

The next 90 days

  1. Google (Gemini API)

    5 shut downin 31 days
    • gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 → gemini-3.8-live
    • gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts → gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts
    • gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts → gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts
    • gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview → gemini-3.8-live
    • gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview → gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts

  2. Google Cloud (Vertex AI)

    Shuts downin 33 days
    • gemini-3.6-flash → gemini-3.8-flash

  3. Anthropic

    Shuts downin 44 days
    • claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 → claude-sonnet-5-5

  4. OpenAI

    3 shut downin 45 days
    • chatgpt-image-latest → gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare
    • gpt-image-1-mini → gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare
    • gpt-image-1.5 → gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare

  5. OpenAI

    6 shut downin 55 days
    • gpt-5-2025-08-07 → gpt-5.6-sol
    • gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 → gpt-5.6-terra
    • gpt-5-nano-2025-08-07 → gpt-5.6-luna
    • gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06 → gpt-5.6-sol (reasoning.mode: pro)
    • o3-2025-04-16 → gpt-5.6-sol
    Show 1 more
    • o3-pro-2025-06-10 → gpt-5.6-sol (reasoning.mode: pro)

  6. Google Cloud (Vertex AI)

    Shuts downin 57 days
    • gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio

  7. OpenAI

    4 shut downin 81 days
    • gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20 → gpt-realtime-2.1-mini
    • gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15 → gpt-realtime-2.1-mini
    • tts-1 → gpt-realtime-2.1-mini
    • tts-1-hd → gpt-realtime-2.1-mini

  8. OpenAI

    4 shut downin 89 days
    • GPT-4.1 (gpt-4.1-2025-04-14) → gpt-6-luna
    • GPT-4.1 mini (gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14) → gpt-6-luna
    • GPT-4o (gpt-4o-2024-08-06, gpt-4o-2024-11-20) → gpt-6-luna
    • GPT-4o mini (gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18) → gpt-6-luna

Later this year

  1. OpenAI

    9 shut downin 95 days
    • gpt-4o-audio → gpt-audio-1.5
    • gpt-4o-mini-audio → gpt-audio-1.5
    • gpt-4o-mini-realtime → gpt-realtime-2.1-mini
    • gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20 → gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15
    • gpt-4o-realtime → gpt-realtime-2.1
    Show 4 more
    • gpt-audio → gpt-audio-1.5
    • gpt-audio-mini → gpt-audio-1.5
    • gpt-realtime → gpt-realtime-2.1
    • gpt-realtime-mini → gpt-realtime-2.1-mini

  2. Google Cloud (Vertex AI)

    Shuts downin 103 days
    • gemini-3.7-flash → gemini-3.8-flash

  3. OpenAI

    5 shut downin 132 days
    • /v1/audio/translations → v1/realtime/translations
    • gpt-4o-mini-transcribe → gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe
    • gpt-4o-transcribe → gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe
    • gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize → gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe
    • whisper-1 → gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe

  4. Kubernetes (release schedule)

    End of supportin 134 days
    • Kubernetes 1.35

  5. Oracle Java SE (support roadmap)

    End of supportduring that month
    • Java SE 27 (Oracle Premier Support)

  6. Google (Gemini API)

    Shuts downin 149 days
    • gemini-2.5-flash-image → gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image

  7. Google Cloud (Vertex AI)

    Shuts downin 149 days
    • gemini-2.5-flash-image → gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image

  8. Ruby (branches)

    End of supportin 165 days
    • Ruby 3.3

  9. Django (supported versions)

    End of supportduring that month
    • Django 6.0

  10. OpenAI

    3 shut downin 166 days
    • gpt-5.1 → gpt-6-sol
    • gpt-5.3-codex → gpt-6-sol
    • gpt-5.4-nano → gpt-6-luna

  11. Google Cloud (Vertex AI)

    4 shut downin 166 days
    • multimodalembedding@001
    • text-embedding-004
    • text-embedding-005
    • text-multilingual-embedding-002

  12. Node.js Release Working Group

    End of supportin 195 days
    • Node.js 22 (LTS)

  13. Google (Gemini API)

    Shuts downin 202 days
    • gemini-3.1-flash-lite → gemini-3.5-flash-lite

  14. Ubuntu (distro-info-data)

    End of supportin 227 days
    • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

  15. Kubernetes (release schedule)

    End of supportin 254 days
    • Kubernetes 1.36

  16. Ubuntu (distro-info-data)

    End of supportin 271 days
    • Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray)

  17. Oracle Java SE (support roadmap)

    End of supportduring that month
    • Java SE 28 (Oracle Premier Support)

  18. Python (PEP 602 release cycle)

    End of supportduring that month
    • Python 3.11

Just passed

  1. Google (Gemini API)

    Shuts down12 days ago
    • antigravity-preview-05-2026 → antigravity-preview-09-2026