Is gemini-2.5-flash-image deprecated?

Q: Is gemini-2.5-flash-image deprecated?

Not yet, but retirement is scheduled. Sunset scheduled for 2026-10-02, reported by a third-party catalog. The identifier still resolves today.

RETIRING IN 16 DAYS

Sunset scheduled for 2026-10-02, reported by a third-party catalog. The identifier still resolves today. Sources disagree on: max_output_tokens.

state=dying sunset=2026-10-02 days_remaining=16 severity=critical sources=gemini,litellm,openrouter evidence_tier=endpoint confirmed_by_endpoint=gemini documented_by_provider=false replacement=none corroborated=yes divergent_fields=max_output_tokens checked=2026-09-16 03:02Z

google/gemini-2.5-flash-image

Vendor: google. Tracked by 3 of 5 sources.

What each source reports

**endpoint** = the provider's own machine-readable API, the strongest evidence. **provider docs** = the provider's own documentation, read by a model — first-party content, inferred reading. Unlabelled rows are third-party catalogs. Where sources disagree both values are shown rather than silently reconciled.
Source	ID	Context	Max out	In $/Mtok	Out $/Mtok	Sunset
gemini native	gemini-2.5-flash-image	32,768	32,768	—	—	—
litellm	gemini-2.5-flash-image	32,768	32,768	$0.3	$2.5	2026-10-02
openrouter	google/gemini-2.5-flash-image	32,768	8,192	$0.3	$2.5	—

Change history

Severity	Change	What	Detected
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