Shutdown calendar / Google Vertex AI
text-embedding-005 shuts down on Apr 1, 2027
That is 186 days from the last dataset check (Sep 27, 2026).
| Platform | ID | Shutdown | Recommended replacement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Vertex AI | text-embedding-005 | Apr 1, 2027 in 186 days | not named by the provider | official page |
What breaks
- Requests fail. After Apr 1, 2027 every call that names
text-embedding-005returns an error on Google Vertex 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 "text-embedding-005" --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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