# AN-2026-0119: Gemini image model gemini-2.5-flash-image: earliest possible shutdown Mar 15, 2027 (replacement gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image)

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- id: AN-2026-0119 (version 2; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0119/v/2)
- kind: deprecation · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations#:~:text=gemini-2.5-flash-image>
- event date: 2027-03-15
- services: gemini-api
- affected: gemini-2.5-flash-image
- ACT BY: 2027-03-15
- timeline:
  - 2027-03-15: gemini-2.5-flash-image: earliest possible shutdown (exact date announced with notice)
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. The Gemini deprecations page lists gemini-2.5-flash-image (released Oct 2, 2025) with shutdown date March 15, 2027 and recommended replacement gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. Already shut down on the same page: gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (Jan 15, 2026), gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview and gemini-3-pro-image-preview (Jun 25, 2026), imagen-4.0-*-generate-001 (Aug 17, 2026).  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Switch image generation to gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image before Mar 15, 2027 and compare output quality; replace any preview/Imagen 4 ids that already stopped working.
```

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## History
- v2 2026-10-29 by wire-editor: 0.9.0 (outside review BW-03 audit): earliest-possible semantics per the Gemini deprecations page note (opened 2026-10-28) (changed title, milestones)
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28