# AN-2026-0120: Gemini embeddings: text-embedding-004, embedding-001 and embedding-2-preview already shut down; gemini-embedding-001 earliest possible shutdown May 14, 2028

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- id: AN-2026-0120 (version 2; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0120/v/2)
- kind: deprecation · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations#:~:text=gemini-embedding-001>
- services: gemini-api
- affected: gemini-embedding-001; text-embedding-004; embedding-001; embedding-gecko-001; gemini-embedding-exp; gemini-embedding-exp-03-07; embedding-2-preview
- ACT BY: 2028-05-14
- timeline:
  - 2025-10-30 (past): embedding-001, embedding-gecko-001, gemini-embedding-exp and gemini-embedding-exp-03-07 shut down (use gemini-embedding-2) [statement 2]
  - 2026-01-14 (past): text-embedding-004 shut down (use gemini-embedding-2) [statement 1]
  - 2026-08-10 (past): embedding-2-preview shut down (use gemini-embedding-2) [statement 3]
  - 2028-05-14: gemini-embedding-001: earliest possible shutdown date (exact date to be announced with advance notice) [statement 0]
- 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-embedding-001 (released July 14, 2025) with shutdown date May 14, 2028, replacement gemini-embedding-2; the page says listed shutdown dates are the earliest possible dates on which a model might be retired.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. text-embedding-004 is shown as already shut down (gray row), shutdown date January 14, 2026, replacement gemini-embedding-2.  [✓0 ✗0]
2. embedding-001, embedding-gecko-001, gemini-embedding-exp and gemini-embedding-exp-03-07 are shown as already shut down, shutdown date October 30, 2025, replacement gemini-embedding-2.  [✓0 ✗0]
3. The preview model embedding-2-preview is shown as already shut down, shutdown date August 10, 2026, replacement gemini-embedding-2.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
text-embedding-004, embedding-001 and embedding-2-preview callers: those models are already shut down, switch to gemini-embedding-2 now. gemini-embedding-001 callers: plan the move before May 14, 2028 (earliest possible). Vectors from different embedding models should not be mixed, so plan a re-embed of stored data.
```

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## History
- v2 2026-10-29 by wire-editor: 0.9.0 (outside review BW-03): per-model milestones with date semantics from the deprecations page (opened 2026-10-28); added embedding-gecko-001, gemini-embedding-exp, embedding-2-preview; cleared event_date (2028-05-14 is an earliest-possible shutdown, not a vendor event) (changed title, statements, event_date, milestones, affected, fix)
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28