# gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06 — Shut down — shutdown December 2, 2025

For gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06, provider is Google (Gemini Developer API); lifecycle status is Shut down; shutdown / retirement date is December 2, 2025; recommended replacement is gemini-3.1-pro-preview; platform / deployment scope is Gemini Developer API (ai.google.dev), recorded from its source on 2026-09-16.

- **Provider:** Google (Gemini Developer API) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Model ID / API name:** gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** Shut down
- **Release date:** May 6, 2025 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** December 2, 2025 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** gemini-3.1-pro-preview _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Platform / deployment scope:** Gemini Developer API (ai.google.dev) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06 | May 6, 2025 | December 2, 2025 | gemini-3.1-pro-preview |

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Release date

> Model | Release date | Shutdown date | Recommended replacement | gemini-2.5-pro | June 17, 2025 | No shutdown date announced | | Preview models | | | | gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25 | March 3, 2025 | December 2, 2025 | gemini-3.1-pro-preview | gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06 | May 6, 2025 | December 2, 2025 | gemini-3.1-pro-preview |

## Source

- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations

Last verified: 2026-09-16. Review by: 2026-10-16.
Part of [AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider](https://referencesource.org/ai-model-deprecation-and-retirement/).