gemini-embedding-001 — Available or Deprecated — shutdown No sooner than May 20, 2028 or May 14, 2028 — sources disagree
For gemini-embedding-001, provider is Google (Vertex AI); lifecycle status is disputed: Available per cloud.google.com, Deprecated per ai.google.dev; shutdown / retirement date is disputed: No sooner than May 20, 2028 per cloud.google.com, May 14, 2028 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-embedding-001 verified
- Lifecycle status
- Available sources disagree
- Release date
- May 20, 2025 sources disagree
- Shutdown / retirement date
- No sooner than May 20, 2028 sources disagree
- Recommended replacement
- gemini-embedding-2 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-embedding-001 | May 20, 2025 | No sooner than May 20, 2028 | |
— 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-embedding-2 | April 22, 2026 | | | gemini-embedding-001 | May 20, 2025 | No sooner than May 20, 2028 | |
— 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.
Lifecycle status
cloud.google.com says lifecycle status is Available, as of 2026-09-28.
gemini-embedding-001 | May 20, 2025 | No sooner than May 20, 2028 | |
https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versioning
ai.google.dev says lifecycle status is Deprecated, as of 2026-09-16.
gemini-embedding-001 | July 14, 2025 | May 14, 2028 | gemini-embedding-2 |
https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations
Release date
cloud.google.com says release date is May 20, 2025, as of 2026-09-28.
gemini-embedding-001 | May 20, 2025 | No sooner than May 20, 2028 | |
https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versioning
ai.google.dev says release date is July 14, 2025, as of 2026-09-16.
gemini-embedding-001 | July 14, 2025 | May 14, 2028 | gemini-embedding-2 |
https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations
Shutdown / retirement date
cloud.google.com says shutdown / retirement date is No sooner than May 20, 2028, as of 2026-09-28.
gemini-embedding-001 | May 20, 2025 | No sooner than May 20, 2028 | |
https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versioning
ai.google.dev says shutdown / retirement date is May 14, 2028, as of 2026-09-16.
gemini-embedding-001 | July 14, 2025 | May 14, 2028 | gemini-embedding-2 |
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-embedding-2 | April 22, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-embedding-001 | July 14, 2025 | May 14, 2028 | gemini-embedding-2 |
— ai.google.dev, retrieved 2026-09-16
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