gemini-3.6-flash — Available or Deprecated — shutdown November 19, 2026 or No shutdown date announced or 2026-10-02 — sources disagree

For gemini-3.6-flash, provider is Google (Vertex AI); lifecycle status is disputed: Available per cloud.google.com, Deprecated per github.blog; shutdown / retirement date is disputed: November 19, 2026 per cloud.google.com, No shutdown date announced per ai.google.dev, 2026-10-02 per github.blog; recommended replacement is disputed: gemini-3.8-flash per cloud.google.com, Gemini 3.8 Flash per github.blog, recorded from its source on 2026-10-06; source re-checked 2026-10-13.

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-3.6-flash | July 21, 2026 | November 19, 2026 | gemini-3.8-flash |

— cloud.google.com, retrieved 2026-10-06

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.

— all from cloud.google.com, retrieved 2026-10-06

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.

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
• github.bloghttps://github.blog/changelog/2026-09-03-upcoming-deprecation-of-selected-github-copilot-models

Last verified against source: 2026-10-13. Due for re-check by 2026-11-11. This page as Markdown · OKF bundle · full dataset as JSON.