gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20 — Shut down — shutdown November 18, 2025
For gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20, provider is Google (Gemini Developer API); lifecycle status is Shut down; shutdown / retirement date is November 18, 2025; recommended replacement is gemini-3.6-flash; platform / deployment scope is Gemini Developer API (ai.google.dev), recorded from its source on 2026-09-16; source re-checked 2026-10-12.
- Provider
- Google (Gemini Developer API) our reading
- Model ID / API name
- gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20 verified
- Lifecycle status
- Shut down
- Release date
- May 20, 2025 verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- November 18, 2025 verified
- Recommended replacement
- gemini-3.6-flash verified
- Platform / deployment scope
- Gemini Developer API (ai.google.dev) our reading
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What the source says
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20 | May 20, 2025 | November 18, 2025 | gemini-3.6-flash |
— ai.google.dev, retrieved 2026-09-16
Where each value comes from
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Release date and Shutdown / retirement date
Model | Release date | Shutdown date | Recommended replacement | gemini-2.5-flash | June 17, 2025 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-2.5-flash-lite | July 22, 2025 | No shutdown date announced | | Preview models | | | | gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025 | September 25, 2025 | March 31, 2026 | gemini-3.1-flash-lite | gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20 | May 20, 2025 | November 18, 2025 | gemini-3.6-flash |
— all from ai.google.dev, retrieved 2026-09-16
Source
- ai.google.devhttps://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations