gemini-2.5-flash-lite shuts down on 2026-10-20 per Google Vertex AI's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-17). The official replacement is gemini-3.8-flash. Published on the official docs: context window 1,048,576 tokens, max output 65,536 tokens.
deprecated
| Announced | Not published |
|---|---|
| Deprecated | Not published |
| Shutdown | 2026-10-20 |
| Kind | exact |
Release date on the Vertex model versions page: 2025-07-22.
See the replacement diff · Google Vertex AI models
| Input price / 1M | Not published |
|---|---|
| Output price / 1M | Not published |
| Cached input / 1M | Not published |
| Context window | 1,048,576 · source, checked 2026-10-17 |
| Max output | 65,536 · source, checked 2026-10-17 |
| Reasoning | Not published |
| Vision | Not published |
| Tools | Not published |
gemini-2.5-flash-lite shuts down on 2026-10-20 per Google Vertex AI's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-17). The official replacement is gemini-3.8-flash. Published on the official docs: context window 1,048,576 tokens, max output 65,536 tokens.
The official replacement is gemini-3.8-flash.
gemini-2.5-flash-lite status is deprecated.
gemini-2.5-flash-lite | July 22, 2025 | October 20, 2026 | gemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.1-flash-lite or Gemma 4
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | gemini-2.5-flash-lite | context window 1048576 | maximum output tokens 65536