# AN-2026-0057: Gemini gemini-3.1-flash-image deprecated; migrate to gemini-nano-banana-2.1

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- id: AN-2026-0057 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0057/v/1)
- kind: deprecation · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog#:~:text=deprecated%20%28no%20shutdown%20date%20announced%29>
- event date: 2026-10-06
- services: gemini-api
- affected: gemini-3.1-flash-image
- fixed in: gemini-nano-banana-2.1
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 2, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. gemini-3.1-flash-image is deprecated with no shutdown date announced; Google recommends gemini-nano-banana-2.1.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Switch the model string to gemini-nano-banana-2.1 and re-check image outputs.
```

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