---
title: "Google Gemini API gemini-3.1-flash-image deprecated, no shutdown date yet: 2026-10-06 | Harbyn"
description: "Google Gemini API gemini-3.1-flash-image deprecated, no shutdown date yet, announced Oct 6, 2026; replacement: gemini-nano-banana-2.1."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/google-gemini/2026-10-06-gemini-3-1-flash-image-deprecated"
last-updated: 2026-10-07
---

# Google Gemini API gemini-3.1-flash-image deprecated, no shutdown date yet

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/google-gemini/2026-10-06-gemini-3-1-flash-image-deprecated>.

Deprecation - Google Gemini API. low severity. In effect.

The gemini-3.1-flash-image model (Nano Banana 2) is deprecated; Google has not announced a shutdown date. Migrate to gemini-nano-banana-2.1.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [Google Gemini API](https://harbyn.com/vendors/google-gemini.md) |
| Kind | Deprecation |
| Severity | low |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Lead time | No dated deadline |
| Model IDs | `gemini-3.1-flash-image` |
| Replacement | `gemini-nano-banana-2.1` |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## 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/changelog.md.txt> (changelog, fetched 2026-10-07 06:07 UTC, sha256 `f449ae4191577409f9fb5a9b4139e2d6f18e8d87005db5bdad542129e3807991`)

## Related changes

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- [GitHub: X-GitHub-Stateless-S2S-Token header ignored from 2026-11-30](https://harbyn.com/changes/github/2026-10-02-x-github-stateless-s2s-token-header-ignored-from-2026-11-30.md) (effective Nov 30, 2026)

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