gemini-1.5-flash-002

gemini-1.5-flash-002 (Vertex AI) was shut down on Sep 24, 2025; calls to it fail. Vertex AI recommends gemini-2.5-flash-lite instead.

Provider

Vertex AI

Shutdown

Sep 24, 2025 (already shut down)

Announced

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Replace with

gemini-2.5-flash-lite

Also written as

publishers/google/models/gemini-1.5-flash-002

Currently behind

gemini-1.5-flash (the provider can repoint these)

• floatingAliases: Vertex auto-updated aliases that pointed to this version when it retired (historical Vertex behaviour, not stated on the current page).

Source: https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/model-versions · report a wrong date