gemini-3.1-flash-image — Available — shutdown May 28, 2027 or later or No shutdown date announced — sources disagree
For gemini-3.1-flash-image, provider is Google (Vertex AI); lifecycle status is Available; shutdown / retirement date is disputed: May 28, 2027 or later per cloud.google.com, No shutdown date announced per ai.google.dev, recorded from its source on 2026-09-28; source re-checked 2026-10-13.
- Provider
- Google (Vertex AI) our reading
- Google (Gemini Developer API) per ai.google.dev
- Model ID / API name
- gemini-3.1-flash-image verified
- Lifecycle status
- Available
- Release date
- May 28, 2026 verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- May 28, 2027 or later sources disagree
- Recommended replacement
- gemini-nano-banana-2.1 per ai.google.dev
- Platform / deployment scope
- Gemini Developer API (ai.google.dev) per ai.google.dev
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
gemini-3.1-flash-image | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2027 or later | |
— cloud.google.com, retrieved 2026-09-28
Where each value comes from
The values above are stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states them is shown here too.
Release date and Shutdown / retirement date
Model ID | Release date | Retirement date | Replacement model ID | gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image | June 23, 2026 | June 28, 2027 or later | | gemini-3-pro-image | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2027 or later | | gemini-3.1-flash-image | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2027 or later | |
— all from cloud.google.com, retrieved 2026-09-28
Sources disagree
More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from — deciding between them is yours, not ours.
Shutdown / retirement date
cloud.google.com says shutdown / retirement date is May 28, 2027 or later, as of 2026-09-28.
gemini-3.1-flash-image | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2027 or later | |
https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versioning
ai.google.dev says shutdown / retirement date is No shutdown date announced, as of 2026-10-08.
gemini-3.1-flash-image | May 28, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | gemini-nano-banana-2.1 |
Where the other sources' values come from
These values were taken from a passage elsewhere on the other source's page, not from the row quoted with it above.
Release date
Model | Release date | Shutdown date | Recommended replacement | gemini-nano-banana-2.1 | October 6, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image | June 30, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-3.1-flash-image | May 28, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | gemini-nano-banana-2.1 |
— ai.google.dev, retrieved 2026-10-08
Sources
- cloud.google.comhttps://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versioning
- ai.google.devhttps://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations