--- title: "Google Gemini API gemini-2.5-flash-image shutdown 2027-03-15 (rescheduled) | Harbyn" description: "Google Gemini API gemini-2.5-flash-image shutdown 2027-03-15 (rescheduled); replacement: gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image." canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/google-gemini/2026-10-07-gemini-2-5-flash-image-shutdown-2027-03-15-rescheduled" last-updated: 2026-10-07 --- # Google Gemini API gemini-2.5-flash-image shutdown 2027-03-15 (rescheduled) Markdown version of . Retirement - Google Gemini API. high severity. Announced. Upcoming. Google lists gemini-2.5-flash-image with a shutdown date of 2027-03-15. Google states listed dates are the earliest possible dates and the exact date is communicated in advance. Recommended replacement: gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image. 141 days left: the deadline is Mar 15, 2027. ## Facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Vendor | [Google Gemini API](https://harbyn.com/vendors/google-gemini.md) | | Product | models | | Kind | Retirement | | Severity | high | | Status | Announced | | Announced | Oct 7, 2026 (undated by the vendor; the day it first appeared) | | Effective | Mar 15, 2027 | | Added to Harbyn | Oct 7, 2026 | | Lead time | 159 days of warning | | Model IDs | `gemini-2.5-flash-image` | | Replacement | `gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image` | | 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. - (deprecations, fetched 2026-10-07 06:07 UTC, sha256 `2699c3e0cac7ee7c5a0a00790d390a0701dac003841ccb76fe985abd09fcab5f`) ## Related changes ### More from Google Gemini API - [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) - [gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview and 2 more shutdown 2026-11-17](https://harbyn.com/changes/google-gemini/2026-10-07-gemini-3-1-flash-tts-preview-shutdown-2026-11-17.md) (Retirement, effective Nov 17, 2026) - [veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview and 3 more shutdown 2026-10-22](https://harbyn.com/changes/google-gemini/2026-10-07-veo-3-1-lite-generate-preview-shutdown-2026-10-22.md) (Retirement, effective Oct 22, 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) ### Changes at other vendors - [OpenRouter: arcee-ai/trinity-large-thinking expire 2026-10-26](https://harbyn.com/changes/openrouter/2026-10-23-arcee-ai-trinity-large-thinking-expires-2026-10-26.md) (effective Oct 26, 2026) - [Google Cloud Run and Functions: Node.js 20 runtime decommission](https://harbyn.com/changes/google-cloud/2026-10-08-node-js-20-runtime-decommission.md) (effective Oct 30, 2026) - [Mistral AI: Z.ai GLM 5.2 (zai-glm-5-2) retires on Mistral on October 31, 2026](https://harbyn.com/changes/mistral/2026-09-29-z-ai-glm-5-2-deprecated-and-scheduled-for-retirement.md) (effective Oct 31, 2026) - [Fireworks AI: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 retires from Serverless Training November 2](https://harbyn.com/changes/fireworks/2026-10-18-upcoming-serverless-training-deprecation-deepseek-v4-flash-0731.md) (effective Nov 2, 2026) [All upcoming deadlines](https://harbyn.com/deadlines.md)