gemini-embedding-2-preview model retirement
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Google retired the model gemini-embedding-2-preview on August 10, 2026. Any calls using this model fail since that shutdown date.
The error you get
What Gemini API answers a call to gemini-embedding-2-preview once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:
{"error":{"code":404,"message":"This model models/gemini-embedding-2-preview is no longer available to new users. Please update your code to use a newer model for the latest features and improvements.","status":"NOT_FOUND"}}{"error":{"code":404,"message":"models/gemini-embedding-2-preview is not found for API version v1beta, or is not supported for generateContent. Call ModelService.ListModels to see the list of available models and their supported methods.","status":"NOT_FOUND"}}What to use instead of gemini-embedding-2-preview
Move to the recommended replacement gemini-embedding-2. Embeddings from another model are not comparable, so all stored vectors must be recomputed with the new model.
Embeddings from another model are not comparable with this one's: vectors the code stores must all be computed again with the new model.
In Gemini API's words
Model: gemini-embedding-2-preview; Release date: March 10, 2026; Shutdown date: August 10, 2026; Recommended replacement: gemini-embedding-2
Facts
- API
- Gemini API
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gemini-embedding-2-preview- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- August 10, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Gemini API's own pages
Questions
When does gemini-embedding-2-preview shut down?
Calls to the model gemini-embedding-2-preview stopped working on August 10, 2026.
What happens to calls after August 10, 2026?
They have failed since August 10, 2026.
What error does gemini-embedding-2-preview return once it is shut down?
Gemini API answers HTTP 404: "This model models/gemini-embedding-2-preview is no longer available to new users. Please update your code to use a newer model for the latest features and improvements.". Send another model to fix it.
How do I find the calls this hits in my code?
Okapi reads your repository, finds the calls this change hits and opens a pull request with the fix. It never commits to your branches: every change comes as a pull request you review.
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