Is gemini-3.8-live deprecated?

Q: Is gemini-3.8-live 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.

state=alive sunset=none days_remaining=n/a severity=low sources=gemini,litellm evidence_tier=endpoint confirmed_by_endpoint=gemini documented_by_provider=false replacement=none corroborated=yes divergent_fields=none checked=2026-10-30 17:08Z

google/gemini-3.8-live

Vendor: google. Tracked by 2 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-3.8-live	131,072	65,536	—	—	—
litellm	gemini-3.8-live	131,072	65,536	$0.75	$4.5	—

Change history

Severity	Change	What	Detected
medium	deprecated	vertex_ai/gemini-3.8-live: deprecation announced for 2027-09-25 — in 343 days	2026-10-17
medium	deprecated	vertex_ai/gemini-3.8-live: retires 2027-09-25 (in 343 days)	2026-10-17
low	modified	gemini/gemini-3.8-live: capabilities gained reasoning	2026-10-01
low	added	new model vertex_ai/gemini-3.8-live (131,072 ctx)	2026-09-24
low	added	new model gemini-3.8-live (131,072 ctx)	2026-09-17
low	added	new model gemini/gemini-3.8-live (131,072 ctx)	2026-09-16
low	added	new model gemini-3.8-live (131,072 ctx)	2026-09-15