code-gecko shut down on 2025-04-21 per Google Vertex AI's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-17). The official replacement is gemini-2.5-flash-lite. Price, context window, and max output were left blank because the official pages we checked did not publish them.
retired
Dates
Announced
Not published
Deprecated
Not published
Shutdown
2025-04-21
Kind
exact
Release date on the Vertex model versions page: 2023-05-01.
code-gecko shut down on 2025-04-21 per Google Vertex AI's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-17). The official replacement is gemini-2.5-flash-lite. Price, context window, and max output were left blank because the official pages we checked did not publish them.
What replaces code-gecko?
The official replacement is gemini-2.5-flash-lite.
Is code-gecko deprecated?
code-gecko status is retired.
Sources
Vertex AI model versions — checked 2026-10-17. code-gecko | May 2023 | April 21, 2025 | gemini-2.5-flash-lite