---
title: "Google Gemini API veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview and 2 more shutdown 2026-10-22 | Harbyn"
description: "Google Gemini API veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview and 2 more shutdown 2026-10-22; replacement: gemini-omni-1.1-flash."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/google-gemini/2026-09-30-veo-3-1-lite-generate-preview-shutdown-2026-10-22"
last-updated: 2026-09-30
---

# Google Gemini API veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview and 2 more shutdown 2026-10-22

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/google-gemini/2026-09-30-veo-3-1-lite-generate-preview-shutdown-2026-10-22>.

Retirement - Google Gemini API. high severity. In effect.

Google lists veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview, veo-3.1-generate-preview, veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview with a shutdown date of 2026-10-22. Google states listed dates are the earliest possible dates and the exact date is communicated in advance. Recommended replacement: gemini-omni-1.1-flash.

The deadline passed on Oct 22, 2026.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [Google Gemini API](https://harbyn.com/vendors/google-gemini.md) |
| Product | models |
| Kind | Retirement |
| Severity | high |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Sep 30, 2026 (undated by the vendor; the day it first appeared) |
| Effective | Oct 22, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Lead time | 22 days of warning |
| Model IDs | `veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview`, `veo-3.1-generate-preview`, `veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview` |
| Replacement | `gemini-omni-1.1-flash` |
| Review | Automated, extracted by a deterministic parser |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

The scanner reads your repository on your machine and reports every file and line that uses the identifiers above, with the replacement. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations.md.txt> (deprecations, fetched 2026-09-30 05:41 UTC, sha256 `15c883ba661e9012d58bc0b4edc192d9c7b03966077b460618efba4a123e8eca`)

## Related changes

### More from Google Gemini API

- [gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025 shutdown 2026-07-28](https://harbyn.com/changes/google-gemini/2026-10-02-gemini-2-5-computer-use-preview-10-2025-shutdown-2026-07-28.md) (Retirement, effective Jul 28, 2026)
- [gemini-3.1-flash-image deprecated, no shutdown date yet](https://harbyn.com/changes/google-gemini/2026-10-06-gemini-3-1-flash-image-deprecated.md) (Deprecation, announced Oct 6, 2026)
- [gemini-2.5-flash-image shutdown 2027-03-15 (rescheduled)](https://harbyn.com/changes/google-gemini/2026-10-07-gemini-2-5-flash-image-shutdown-2027-03-15-rescheduled.md) (Retirement, effective Mar 15, 2027)
- [gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview and 1 more shutdown 2026-11-17](https://harbyn.com/changes/google-gemini/2026-10-07-gemini-3-1-flash-live-preview-shutdown-2026-11-17.md) (Retirement, effective Nov 17, 2026)

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