RETIRING IN 135 DAYS
Sunset scheduled for 2027-03-15, reported by a third-party catalog. The identifier still resolves today. Sources disagree on: context_tokens, max_output_tokens.
state=dying sunset=2027-03-15 days_remaining=135 severity=high sources=gemini,litellm,openrouter evidence_tier=endpoint confirmed_by_endpoint=gemini documented_by_provider=false replacement=none corroborated=yes divergent_fields=context_tokens,max_output_tokens checked=2026-10-31 05:09Z
google/gemini-2.5-flash-image
Vendor: google. Tracked by 3 of 5 sources.
What each source reports
| Source | ID | Context | Max out | In $/Mtok | Out $/Mtok | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gemini native | gemini-2.5-flash-image | 32,768 | 32,768 | — | — | — |
| litellm | gemini/gemini-2.5-flash-image | 65,536 | 32,768 | $0.3 | $2.5 | 2027-03-15 |
| openrouter | google/gemini-2.5-flash-image | 32,768 | 8,192 | $0.3 | $2.5 | — |
Change history
| Severity | Change | What | Detected |
|---|---|---|---|
| info | removed | [contradicted — the provider's own endpoint (gemini) still lists it] openrouter/google/gemini-2.5-flash-image is no longer listed by this source — calls to it are expected to fail | 2026-10-10 |
| medium | deprecated | gemini/gemini-2.5-flash-image: deprecation announced for 2027-03-15 — in 158 days | 2026-10-08 |
| medium | deprecated | gemini/gemini-2.5-flash-image: retires 2027-03-15 (in 158 days) | 2026-10-08 |
| info | repriced | gemini-2.5-flash-image: cache_read_price_per_mtok $0.03/Mtok to n/a | 2026-09-25 |
| info | repriced | vertex_ai/gemini-2.5-flash-image: cache_read_price_per_mtok $0.03/Mtok to n/a | 2026-09-25 |
| medium | deprecated | gemini-2.5-flash-image: deprecation announced for 2027-03-15 — in 172 days | 2026-09-24 |
| medium | deprecated | vertex_ai/gemini-2.5-flash-image: deprecation announced for 2027-03-15 — in 172 days | 2026-09-24 |
| medium | deprecated | gemini-2.5-flash-image: retires 2027-03-15 (in 172 days) | 2026-09-24 |
| medium | deprecated | vertex_ai/gemini-2.5-flash-image: retires 2027-03-15 (in 172 days) | 2026-09-24 |
| low | modified | openrouter/google/gemini-2.5-flash-image: capabilities gained web_search | 2026-09-19 |
| medium | deprecated | openrouter/google/gemini-2.5-flash-image: deprecation announced for 2027-03-15 — in 178 days | 2026-09-18 |
| medium | deprecated | openrouter/google/gemini-2.5-flash-image: retires 2027-03-15 (in 178 days) | 2026-09-18 |
| medium | deprecated | google/gemini-2.5-flash-image: retirement announced for 2027-03-15 — in 178 days | 2026-09-18 |
| medium | deprecated | google/gemini-2.5-flash-image: retires 2027-03-15 (in 178 days) | 2026-09-18 |
| high | modified | gemini/gemini-2.5-flash-image: capabilities lost function_calling, response_schema, web_search | 2026-09-16 |
| info | modified | [conflict — gemini reports context_tokens=32,768] gemini/gemini-2.5-flash-image: context_tokens raised 32,768 to 65,536 | 2026-09-16 |
| low | added | new model openrouter/google/gemini-2.5-flash-image (32,768 ctx) | 2026-09-06 |
| high | deprecated | gemini-2.5-flash-image: deprecation announced for 2026-10-02 — in 42 days | 2026-08-21 |
| high | deprecated | vertex_ai/gemini-2.5-flash-image: deprecation announced for 2026-10-02 — in 42 days | 2026-08-21 |
| high | deprecated | gemini-2.5-flash-image: retires 2026-10-02 (in 42 days) | 2026-08-21 |
| high | deprecated | vertex_ai/gemini-2.5-flash-image: retires 2026-10-02 (in 42 days) | 2026-08-21 |
| high | deprecated | gemini/gemini-2.5-flash-image: deprecation announced for 2026-10-02 — in 51 days | 2026-08-12 |
| high | deprecated | gemini/gemini-2.5-flash-image: retires 2026-10-02 (in 51 days) | 2026-08-12 |
| info | modified | [source artifact — 6 providers changed identically on the same day] gemini/gemini-2.5-flash-image: capabilities lost service_tier | 2026-06-27 |
| info | modified | [source artifact — 6 providers changed identically on the same day] gemini-2.5-flash-image: capabilities lost service_tier | 2026-06-27 |