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When is gemini-2.5-flash shut down?

gemini-2.5-flash 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: input price $0.3 per million tokens, context window 1,048,576 tokens, max output 65,536 tokens.

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Shutdown2026-10-20
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Release date on the Vertex model versions page: 2025-06-17.

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Input price / 1M $0.3 · source, checked 2026-10-17
Output price / 1M $2.5 · source, checked 2026-10-17
Cached input / 1M $0.03 · source, checked 2026-10-17
Context window 1,048,576 · source, checked 2026-10-17
Max output 65,536 · source, checked 2026-10-17
Reasoning Not published
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When is gemini-2.5-flash shut down?

gemini-2.5-flash 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: input price $0.3 per million tokens, context window 1,048,576 tokens, max output 65,536 tokens.

What replaces gemini-2.5-flash?

The official replacement is gemini-3.8-flash.

Is gemini-2.5-flash deprecated?

gemini-2.5-flash status is deprecated.

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