NOT DEPRECATED
Served by the provider's own endpoint (gemini). No retirement date announced. Sources disagree on: input_price_per_mtok, output_price_per_mtok.
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=input_price_per_mtok,output_price_per_mtok checked=2026-10-25 16:51Z
google/gemini-3.8-flash
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-3.8-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — | — | — |
| litellm | gemini-3.8-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | $0.75 | $3.75 | — |
| openrouter | google/gemini-3.8-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | $0.825 | $4.125 | — |
Change history
| Severity | Change | What | Detected |
|---|---|---|---|
| medium | deprecated | vertex_ai/gemini-3.8-flash: deprecation announced for 2027-09-02 — in 320 days | 2026-10-17 |
| medium | deprecated | gemini-3.8-flash: deprecation announced for 2027-09-02 — in 320 days | 2026-10-17 |
| medium | deprecated | gemini-3.8-flash: retires 2027-09-02 (in 320 days) | 2026-10-17 |
| medium | deprecated | vertex_ai/gemini-3.8-flash: retires 2027-09-02 (in 320 days) | 2026-10-17 |
| info | repriced | github_copilot/gemini-3.8-flash: input_price_per_mtok n/a to $0.75/Mtok | 2026-10-17 |
| info | repriced | github_copilot/gemini-3.8-flash: output_price_per_mtok n/a to $3.75/Mtok | 2026-10-17 |
| info | repriced | github_copilot/gemini-3.8-flash: cache_read_price_per_mtok n/a to $0.07/Mtok | 2026-10-17 |
| low | repriced | google/gemini-3.8-flash: input_price_per_mtok $0.75/Mtok to $0.82/Mtok | 2026-10-15 |
| low | repriced | google/gemini-3.8-flash: output_price_per_mtok $3.75/Mtok to $4.12/Mtok | 2026-10-15 |
| low | repriced | google/gemini-3.8-flash: cache_read_price_per_mtok $0.07/Mtok to $0.08/Mtok | 2026-10-15 |
| low | added | new model github_copilot/gemini-3.8-flash (200,000 ctx) | 2026-10-10 |
| info | removed | [contradicted — the provider's own endpoint (gemini) still lists it] openrouter/google/gemini-3.8-flash is no longer listed by this source — calls to it are expected to fail | 2026-10-09 |
| low | modified | openrouter/google/gemini-3.8-flash: capabilities gained web_search | 2026-09-19 |
| low | modified | openrouter/google/gemini-3.8-flash: capabilities gained video_input | 2026-09-19 |
| low | added | new model openrouter/google/gemini-3.8-flash (1,048,576 ctx) | 2026-09-06 |
| low | added | new model gemini/gemini-3.8-flash (1,048,576 ctx) | 2026-09-03 |
| low | added | new model vertex_ai/gemini-3.8-flash (1,048,576 ctx) | 2026-09-03 |
| low | added | new model gemini-3.8-flash (1,048,576 ctx) | 2026-09-03 |
| low | added | new model gemini-3.8-flash (1,048,576 ctx) | 2026-09-02 |
| low | added | new model google/gemini-3.8-flash (1,048,576 ctx) | 2026-09-02 |