Deep Research's Old Agent Stops on October 23: Finding and Swapping the Name Across Code and Config
deep-research-pro-preview-12-2025 shuts down on October 23, 2026. A small script to find every use of the old agent name, how to choose between the standard and Max agents, and what to check after the swap.
Turning Logging Off in AI Studio Also Turns Off Interactions API Conversation History
When no Gemini API logs show up in AI Studio, the usual culprit is the store default, which is inverted between the two APIs. Here is the side effect that quietly stops conversation history, and how to set store per request so it never surprises you.
Don't Let the AI Studio Developer Log Be Your Source of Truth: A Two-Layer Way to Observe the Interactions API
The Interactions API developer log in AI Studio is a great triage lens, but it is not a system of record. Here is a two-layer observability design with self-hosted structured logging, reconciliation code, measured sink sizing across 100,000 records, and per-feature cost attribution from an indie operator’s point of view.
Keeping Unattended Jobs From Failing Silently: A Preflight Gate for Gemini's Platform Changes
Unrestricted API keys are now rejected, the old CLI reached end of life, and the Interactions API is becoming the default entry point. These 2026 platform shifts stop working automation without raising an error. Here is a preflight gate, with runnable code, that catches the failure before the batch runs.
Fire-and-Forget on a Cron That Never Loses a Result: Reclaiming Gemini Background Executions with a Submission Ledger
A design for running the Interactions API's background execution safely from a cron-driven runner. We reserve a row in a ledger by idempotency key before submitting, then reclaim only outstanding handles on the next tick — shown with working code.
Wiring Gemini Managed Agents Into Your Automation: Keeping Conversation State and Environment State Apart
Managed Agents spin up a Linux sandbox, run an agent loop, and return a result in a single API call. The first thing that trips you up when moving off a hand-rolled loop is that conversation state and file state are two separate things. Here's that design, worked through live.