# AN-2026-0055: Gemini 2.5 models now limited to users who actively used them in the past

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- id: AN-2026-0055 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0055/v/1)
- kind: policy · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog#:~:text=Gemini%202.5%20models%20access%20update>
- event date: 2026-09-18
- services: gemini-api
- affected: gemini-2.5-*
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 9, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. Access to the 2.5 models is limited to users who have actively used them in the past; they are not deprecated.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. Google recommends 3.5 Flash-Lite or 3.8 Flash for new projects.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
New projects should not pin 2.5 models; expect access errors for 2.5 in fresh projects.
```

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28