Shutdown calendar / Gemini API (Google AI)
gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview shut down on Jan 15, 2026
It is already gone: requests to it fail.
The provider recommends gemini-2.5-flash-image.
| Platform | ID | Shutdown | Recommended replacement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini API (Google AI) | gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview | Jan 15, 2026 shut down 255d ago | gemini-2.5-flash-image | official page |
What breaks
- Requests fail. After Jan 15, 2026 every call that names
gemini-2.5-flash-image-previewreturns an error on Gemini API (Google AI). Nothing is migrated for you. - Output changes. A newer model answers differently: length, format, refusals and JSON shape can all shift. Run your own prompts through both models before the date and compare.
Find it in your code
Quick look:
grep -rnF "gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview" --include=*.{py,js,ts,go,java,rb,yaml,yml,json,env} .Or scan the whole repo for this and every other retiring model, including parameters the replacement rejects:
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