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Vertex AI deprecations

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

Next: gemini-2.5-flash shuts down on Tue, Oct 20, 2026. Vertex AI's own page

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Coming up

Model	What happens	Date	Replacement
`gemini-2.5-flash`	Shuts down	Tue, Oct 20, 2026in 3 days	`gemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.5-flash-lite or gemini-3.1-flash-lite`
`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`	Shuts down	Tue, Oct 20, 2026in 3 days	`gemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.1-flash-lite or Gemma 4`
`gemini-2.5-pro`	Shuts down	Tue, Oct 20, 2026in 3 days	`gemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.5-flash`
`gemini-3.6-flash`	Shuts down	Thu, Nov 19, 2026in 33 days	`gemini-3.8-flash`
`gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio`	Shuts down	Sun, Dec 13, 2026in 57 days	—
`gemini-3.7-flash`	Shuts down	Thu, Jan 28, 2027in 103 days	`gemini-3.8-flash`
`gemini-2.5-flash-image`	Shuts down	Mon, Mar 15, 2027in 149 days	`gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image`
`multimodalembedding@001`	Shuts down	Thu, Apr 1, 2027in 166 days	—
`text-embedding-004`	Shuts down	Thu, Apr 1, 2027in 166 days	—
`text-embedding-005`	Shuts down	Thu, Apr 1, 2027in 166 days	—
`text-multilingual-embedding-002`	Shuts down	Thu, Apr 1, 2027in 166 days	—

Already passed

Model	What happens	Date	Replacement
`veo-3.0-generate-001`	Shuts down	Shut down on Tue, Jun 30, 2026	`veo-3.1-generate-001`
`veo-3.0-fast-generate-001`	Shuts down	Shut down on Tue, Jun 30, 2026	`veo-3.1-fast-generate-001`
`gemini-2.0-flash-lite`	Shuts down	Shut down on Mon, Jun 1, 2026	—
`gemini-2.0-flash`	Shuts down	Shut down on Mon, Jun 1, 2026	—
`imagetext`	Shuts down	Shut down on Wed, Sep 24, 2025	—
`gemini-1.5-pro-002`	Shuts down	Shut down on Wed, Sep 24, 2025	—
`gemini-1.5-flash-002`	Shuts down	Shut down on Wed, Sep 24, 2025	—
`textembedding-gecko@003*`	Shuts down	Shut down on Sat, May 24, 2025	—
`textembedding-gecko-multilingual@001`	Shuts down	Shut down on Sat, May 24, 2025	—
`gemini-1.5-pro-001`	Shuts down	Shut down on Sat, May 24, 2025	—
`gemini-1.5-flash-001`	Shuts down	Shut down on Sat, May 24, 2025	—
`textembedding-gecko@002`	Shuts down	Shut down on Mon, Apr 21, 2025	—
`textembedding-gecko@001`	Shuts down	Shut down on Mon, Apr 21, 2025	—
`text-bison`	Shuts down	Shut down on Mon, Apr 21, 2025	—
`gemini-1.0-pro-vision-001`	Shuts down	Shut down on Mon, Apr 21, 2025	—
`gemini-1.0-pro-002`	Shuts down	Shut down on Mon, Apr 21, 2025	—
`gemini-1.0-pro-001`	Shuts down	Shut down on Mon, Apr 21, 2025	—
`code-gecko`	Shuts down	Shut down on Mon, Apr 21, 2025	—
`chat-bison`	Shuts down	Shut down on Mon, Apr 21, 2025	—