Is gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image deprecated?

Q: Is gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image deprecated?

No — still supported. Served by the provider's own endpoint (gemini). No retirement date announced.

NOT DEPRECATED

Served by the provider's own endpoint (gemini). No retirement date announced. Sources disagree on: max_output_tokens.

state=alive sunset=none days_remaining=n/a severity=low 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-3.1-flash-lite-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-3.1-flash-lite-image	65,536	65,536	—	—	—
litellm	gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image	65,536	4,096	$0.25	$1.5	—
openrouter	google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image	65,536	58,982	$0.25	$1.5	—

Change history

Severity	Change	What	Detected
low	added	new model openrouter/google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image (65,536 ctx)	2026-09-06
info	modified	[conflict — gemini reports max_output_tokens=65,536] [source artifact — 4 providers changed identically on the same day] google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image: max_output_tokens cut 65,536 to 58,982	2026-08-25
high	modified	gemini/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image: capabilities lost reasoning	2026-08-23
high	modified	gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image: capabilities lost reasoning; gained pdf_input, video_input	2026-08-23
high	modified	vertex_ai/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image: capabilities lost reasoning; gained pdf_input, video_input	2026-08-23
info	repriced	gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image: cache_read_price_per_mtok n/a to $0.03/Mtok	2026-08-23
info	repriced	vertex_ai/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image: cache_read_price_per_mtok n/a to $0.03/Mtok	2026-08-23
low	added	new model gemini/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image (65,536 ctx)	2026-08-21
low	added	new model gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image (65,536 ctx)	2026-08-21
low	added	new model vertex_ai/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image (65,536 ctx)	2026-08-21
high	modified	google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image: max_output_tokens cut 66,000 to 65,536	2026-08-19
info	modified	[conflict — gemini reports max_output_tokens=65,536] google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image: max_output_tokens raised 65,536 to 66,000	2026-08-14