Google Vertex AI Model Deprecation & EOL Lifecycle Hub

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Monitor all 68 normalized Google Vertex AI lifecycle records (9 deprecated, 40 retired, 19 active). Audit VERTEX_MODEL variables in the Local .env Auditor or compare replacement costs in DevToken.

Tracked Models 68
Deprecated (Upcoming) 9
Retired (Offline) 40
Active Catalog 19
Ecosystem Schedule Isolation (Google Vertex AI)

Google Vertex AI publishes model deprecation and retirement dates independently from third-party cloud hosters. Pin exact dated snapshots in VERTEX_MODEL or vertex_ai/ LiteLLM routes and validate upgrades against this isolated Google Vertex AI catalog.

1. Interactive Google Vertex AI Lifecycle Schedule (68)

Filter by 3-state lifecycle status
68 of 68 models shown
Google Vertex AI deprecated, retired, and active LLM API lifecycle catalog
Model ID Provider Calculated Status Confirmed Shutdown (UTC) Vendor Lifecycle Replacement & Migration Source
gemini-3.6-flash Google Vertex AIGemini Models DEPRECATED (7d) 2026-11-19in 7d Deprecated
gemini-3.8-flash Cost → Audit →
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claude-sonnet-4-5 Google Vertex AIPartner Models DEPRECATED (18d) 2026-11-30in 18d DeprecatedDep: 2026-09-29
claude-sonnet-4-6 Cost → Audit →
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gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio Google Vertex AIGemini Models DEPRECATED (31d) 2026-12-13in 31d Deprecated
gemini-3.8-live Cost → Audit →
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gemini-3.7-flash Google Vertex AIGemini Models DEPRECATED (77d) 2027-01-28in 77d Deprecated
gemini-3.8-flash Cost → Audit →
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gemini-2.5-flash-image Google Vertex AIGemini Models DEPRECATED (123d) 2027-03-15in 123d Deprecated
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image Cost → Audit →
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multimodalembedding@001 Google Vertex AIGemini Models DEPRECATED (140d) 2027-04-01in 140d Deprecated
gemini-embedding-2 Cost → Audit →
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text-embedding-004 Google Vertex AIGemini Models DEPRECATED (140d) 2027-04-01in 140d Deprecated
gemini-embedding-001 Cost → Audit →
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text-embedding-005 Google Vertex AIGemini Models DEPRECATED (140d) 2027-04-01in 140d Deprecated
gemini-embedding-001 Cost → Audit →
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text-multilingual-embedding-002 Google Vertex AIGemini Models DEPRECATED (140d) 2027-04-01in 140d Deprecated
gemini-embedding-001 Cost → Audit →
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gemini-2.5-flash Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2026-10-2023d ago Retired
gemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.5-flash-lite Cost → Audit →
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gemini-2.5-flash-lite Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2026-10-2023d ago Retired
gemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.5-flash-lite or Gemma 4 Cost → Audit →
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gemini-2.5-pro Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2026-10-2023d ago Retired
gemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.5-flash Cost → Audit →
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claude-3-haiku Google Vertex AIPartner Models RETIRED 2026-08-2381d ago RetiredDep: 2026-02-23
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 Cost → Audit →
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claude-3-5-haiku Google Vertex AIPartner Models RETIRED 2026-07-05130d ago RetiredDep: 2026-01-05
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 Cost → Audit →
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imagegeneration@002 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2026-06-30135d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash-image Cost → Audit →
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imagegeneration@003 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2026-06-30135d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash-image Cost → Audit →
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imagegeneration@004 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2026-06-30135d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash-image Cost → Audit →
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imagegeneration@005 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2026-06-30135d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash-image Cost → Audit →
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imagegeneration@006 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2026-06-30135d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash-image Cost → Audit →
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imagen-3.0-generate-001 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2026-06-30135d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash-image Cost → Audit →
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imagen-3.0-generate-002 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2026-06-30135d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash-image Cost → Audit →
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imagen-4.0-generate-001 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2026-06-30135d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash-image Cost → Audit →
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imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2026-06-30135d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash-image Cost → Audit →
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veo-2.0-generate-001 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2026-06-30135d ago Retired
veo-3.1-generate-001 Cost → Audit →
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veo-3.0-fast-generate-001 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2026-06-30135d ago Retired
veo-3.1-fast-generate-001 Cost → Audit →
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veo-3.0-generate-001 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2026-06-30135d ago Retired
veo-3.1-generate-001 Cost → Audit →
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gemini-2.0-flash Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2026-06-01164d ago Retired
gemini-3.5-flash-lite Cost → Audit →
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gemini-2.0-flash-lite Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2026-06-01164d ago Retired
gemini-3.5-flash-lite Cost → Audit →
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claude-3-7-sonnet Google Vertex AIPartner Models RETIRED 2026-05-11185d ago RetiredDep: 2025-11-11
claude-sonnet-4-6 Cost → Audit →
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jamba-1.5-large Google Vertex AIPartner Models RETIRED 2026-02-27258d ago RetiredDep: 2025-08-27 Docs ↗
jamba-1.5-mini Google Vertex AIPartner Models RETIRED 2026-02-27258d ago RetiredDep: 2025-08-27 Docs ↗
claude-3-5-sonnet Google Vertex AIPartner Models RETIRED 2026-02-19266d ago RetiredDep: 2025-08-20
claude-sonnet-4-6 Cost → Audit →
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claude-3-5-sonnet-v2 Google Vertex AIPartner Models RETIRED 2026-02-19266d ago RetiredDep: 2025-08-20
claude-sonnet-4-6 Cost → Audit →
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gemini-1.5-flash-002 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2025-09-24414d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash-lite Cost → Audit →
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gemini-1.5-pro-002 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2025-09-24414d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash Cost → Audit →
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imagetext Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2025-09-24414d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash-image Cost → Audit →
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claude-3-opus Google Vertex AIPartner Models RETIRED 2025-08-01468d ago RetiredDep: 2025-06-30
claude-opus-4-6 Cost → Audit →
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gemini-1.5-flash-001 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2025-05-24537d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash-lite Cost → Audit →
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gemini-1.5-pro-001 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2025-05-24537d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash Cost → Audit →
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textembedding-gecko-multilingual@001 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2025-05-24537d ago Retired
gemini-embedding-001 Cost → Audit →
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textembedding-gecko@003\* Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2025-05-24537d ago Retired
gemini-embedding-001 Cost → Audit →
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chat-bison Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2025-04-21570d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash-lite Cost → Audit →
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code-gecko Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2025-04-21570d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash-lite Cost → Audit →
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gemini-1.0-pro-001 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2025-04-21570d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash Cost → Audit →
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gemini-1.0-pro-002 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2025-04-21570d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash Cost → Audit →
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gemini-1.0-pro-vision-001 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2025-04-21570d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash Cost → Audit →
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text-bison Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2025-04-21570d ago Retired
gemini-2.5-flash-lite Cost → Audit →
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textembedding-gecko@001 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2025-04-21570d ago Retired
gemini-embedding-001 Cost → Audit →
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textembedding-gecko@002 Google Vertex AIGemini Models RETIRED 2025-04-21570d ago Retired
gemini-embedding-001 Cost → Audit →
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gemini-3-pro-image Google Vertex AIGemini Models ACTIVE No EOL Active — —
gemini-3.1-flash-image Google Vertex AIGemini Models ACTIVE No EOL Active — —
gemini-3.1-flash-lite Google Vertex AIGemini Models ACTIVE No EOL Active — —
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image Google Vertex AIGemini Models ACTIVE No EOL Active — —
gemini-3.5-flash Google Vertex AIGemini Models ACTIVE No EOL Active — —
gemini-3.5-flash-lite Google Vertex AIGemini Models ACTIVE No EOL Active — —
gemini-3.8-flash Google Vertex AIGemini Models ACTIVE No EOL Active — —
gemini-3.8-flash-cyber Google Vertex AIGemini Models ACTIVE No EOL Active — —
gemini-3.8-live Google Vertex AIGemini Models ACTIVE No EOL Active — —
gemini-4-argon Google Vertex AIGemini Models ACTIVE No EOL Active — —
gemini-4-argon-cyber-permissive Google Vertex AIGemini Models ACTIVE No EOL Active — —
gemini-4-carbon Google Vertex AIGemini Models ACTIVE No EOL Active — —
gemini-4-carbon-cyber-permissive Google Vertex AIGemini Models ACTIVE No EOL Active — —
gemini-embedding-001 Google Vertex AIGemini Models ACTIVE No EOL Active — —
gemini-embedding-2 Google Vertex AIGemini Models ACTIVE No EOL Active — —
gemini-nano-banana-2.1 Google Vertex AIGemini Models ACTIVE No EOL Active — —
gemini-omni-1.2-flash Google Vertex AIGemini Models ACTIVE No EOL Active — —
veo-3.1-fast-generate-001 Google Vertex AIGemini Models ACTIVE No EOL Active
gemini-omni-1.2-flash Cost →
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veo-3.1-generate-001 Google Vertex AIGemini Models ACTIVE No EOL Active
gemini-omni-1.2-flash Cost →
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2. Canonical Google Vertex AI Migration Guides (13)

Open family-level migration guides covering Google Vertex AI model identifiers alongside sibling cloud platforms, complete with interactive .env replacement diffs.

Claude 3 Haiku

DEPRECATED (1d)
Anthropic · 3 tracked IDs · 3 ecosystems Anthropic, Google Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock Upgrade: claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 Earliest EOL: 2026-11-13

3. Google Vertex AI Keyless CI Deprecation Gate & Feeds

Feeds & CI

Run this zero-key curl + jq check in CI pipelines to block deprecated or retired Google Vertex AI model IDs against GET /api/v1/eol.json, or subscribe via RSS, Atom, and iCal.

curl -fsSL https://eol.codeap.com/api/v1/eol.json | jq -e \
  --arg prov "google-vertex" \
  --arg models "gemini-3.6-flash,claude-sonnet-4-5" '
    ($models | split(",") | map(ascii_downcase)) as $targets
    | [.models[]
       | select(.providerKey == $prov)
       | select((.modelId | ascii_downcase) as $id | $targets | index($id))
       | select(.status == "deprecated" or .status == "retired")]
    | if length > 0 then
        (map("BLOCKED: \(.provider) \(.modelId) [\(.status | ascii_upcase)] EOL=\(.eolDate // "n/a") -> \(.replacementModel // "none")") | .[] | stderr), halt_error(1)
      else "PASS: zero deprecated/retired " + $prov + " models." end
  '

4. Google Vertex AI Deprecation & Migration FAQ

How many Google Vertex AI models are currently deprecated or retired in LLMEOL?

LLMEOL currently tracks 68 Google Vertex AI model entries: 9 deprecated models with upcoming shutdowns, 40 retired models that have passed their UTC EOL date, and 19 active models with no announced shutdown date.

How should engineering teams audit Google Vertex AI model IDs in .env and LiteLLM files?

Set VERTEX_MODEL in .env files or use the vertex_ai/ prefix in LiteLLM router configs, then paste your snippet into the Local Model Config Auditor to flag retired and deprecated Google Vertex AI snapshots with zero network upload.

Can CI pipelines block deprecated Google Vertex AI models automatically without an API key?

Yes. Query https://eol.codeap.com/api/v1/eol.json with curl and jq filtered by providerKey to fail pull requests whenever a configured Google Vertex AI model enters DEPRECATED or RETIRED state.