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●SUNSET — Four days until the image models shut down: Imagen 4 and the Gemini 3 Image family stop on August 17, so line up your replacements now●FLASH — Gemini 3.6 Flash is generally available, with better token efficiency and stronger code and agentic planning at a lower price than 3.5 Flash●LITE — Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite also reached GA as a low-latency, cost-conscious subagent option aimed at high-volume automation●OMNI — Gemini Omni Flash, a new video model, is now reachable from the Gemini app, Flow, AI Studio, and the Gemini API●LOGS — Developer logs now cover the Interactions API, with supported calls visible in the AI Studio dashboard●ROBOTICS — gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview shuts down on August 31, so this is the window to plan the migration●SUNSET — Four days until the image models shut down: Imagen 4 and the Gemini 3 Image family stop on August 17, so line up your replacements now●FLASH — Gemini 3.6 Flash is generally available, with better token efficiency and stronger code and agentic planning at a lower price than 3.5 Flash●LITE — Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite also reached GA as a low-latency, cost-conscious subagent option aimed at high-volume automation●OMNI — Gemini Omni Flash, a new video model, is now reachable from the Gemini app, Flow, AI Studio, and the Gemini API●LOGS — Developer logs now cover the Interactions API, with supported calls visible in the AI Studio dashboard●ROBOTICS — gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview shuts down on August 31, so this is the window to plan the migration
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◈ Gemini API/2026-07-05Advanced

Catching only the deprecations that touch you — feeding the official changelog to url-context

I found out an image model was being shut down three days before the deadline. Here is a deprecation radar that reads the official changelog through url-context and surfaces only the models I actually use, with working Python and the over-alerting tuning I had to do in production.

◎ Updates/2026-07-04Intermediate

Before the August 17 Gemini Image Model Shutdown: Inventory Where You Actually Call Them First

Some Gemini image generation models retire on August 17. Before choosing a replacement, here is how to inventory which models are actually being called, and from where, using your request logs.

◈ Gemini API/2026-06-25Advanced

The Morning a Preview Image Model Went Dark — Migrating to GA Gemini Image Models and Building a Deprecation-Resilient Pipeline

With gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview and gemini-3-pro-image-preview retired, here is how to migrate to the GA models and design an image pipeline that no longer gets caught off guard by deprecation dates — with code and cost math, plus video-to-image thumbnail automation.

◈ Gemini API/2026-06-21Advanced

How to Handle Gemini API Model Deprecation and Migration Errors

A practical guide to migrating from deprecated Gemini API models and resolving common migration errors.

⟐ Gemini Dev/2026-06-17Advanced

Catching Deprecated Gemini Models in CI ― A Guard for Back-to-Back Shutdown Deadlines

When shutdowns and deprecations pile up, build a CI check that mechanically finds stale Gemini model strings across your repo. Includes a deprecation registry, a scanner, and a days-remaining warn/fail tier you can copy and run.

◈ Gemini API/2026-06-12Intermediate

Gemini's Preview Image Models Shut Down on June 25 — Code Diffs and Checks From an Actual GA Migration

How I moved my image pipeline off Gemini's preview image models before the June 25 shutdown — confirming GA model IDs, Python code diffs, regression checks, and a safe cutover order.

◈ Gemini API/2026-05-23Intermediate

Designing Around the Gemini 2.0 Flash Deprecation Without Letting It Disrupt Indie Development: My May 2026 Risk-Distribution Notes

How I rebuilt my indie-development jobs to absorb the upcoming Gemini 2.0 Flash deprecation - provider abstraction, cost numbers, a rehearsal day, captured from my May 2026 review.