Vertex AI
text-embedding-004 model retirement
Stops workingSubscribe to Vertex AIShare
Calls to the model text-embedding-004 on Vertex AI stop working on April 1, 2027.
The error you get from April 1, 2027
What Vertex AI answers a call to text-embedding-004 once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:
{"error":{"code":404,"message":"Publisher model `projects/{project}/locations/{region}/publishers/google/models/text-embedding-004` was not found or your project does not have access to it. Ensure you are using a valid model name and that the model is available in the specified region.","status":"NOT_FOUND"}}In Vertex AI's words
Model ID: text-embedding-004; Release date: May 14, 2024; Retirement date: April 1, 2027
Facts
- API
- Vertex AI
aiplatform.googleapis.com - Model
text-embedding-004- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- April 1, 2027
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Vertex AI's own pages
Questions
When does text-embedding-004 shut down?
Calls to the model text-embedding-004 on Vertex AI stop working on April 1, 2027.
What happens to calls after April 1, 2027?
They fail from that day.
What error does text-embedding-004 return once it is shut down?
Vertex AI answers HTTP 404: "Publisher model `projects/{project}/locations/{region}/publishers/google/models/text-embedding-004` was not found or your project does not have access to it. Ensure you are using a valid model name and that the model is available in the specified region.". Send another model to fix it.
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