text-embedding-004 — Available or Shut down — shutdown April 1, 2027 or January 14, 2026 — sources disagree
For text-embedding-004, provider is Google (Vertex AI); lifecycle status is disputed: Available per cloud.google.com, Shut down per ai.google.dev; shutdown / retirement date is disputed: April 1, 2027 per cloud.google.com, January 14, 2026 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
- text-embedding-004 verified
- Lifecycle status
- Available sources disagree
- Release date
- May 14, 2024 sources disagree
- Shutdown / retirement date
- April 1, 2027 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
text-embedding-004 | May 14, 2024 | April 1, 2027 | |
— 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 | | text-embedding-005 | November 18, 2024 | April 1, 2027 | | text-embedding-004 | May 14, 2024 | April 1, 2027 | |
— 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.
text-embedding-004 | May 14, 2024 | April 1, 2027 | |
https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versioning
ai.google.dev says lifecycle status is Shut down, as of 2026-09-16.
text-embedding-004 | April 9, 2024 | January 14, 2026 | gemini-embedding-2 |
https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations
Release date
cloud.google.com says release date is May 14, 2024, as of 2026-09-28.
text-embedding-004 | May 14, 2024 | April 1, 2027 | |
https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versioning
ai.google.dev says release date is April 9, 2024, as of 2026-09-16.
text-embedding-004 | April 9, 2024 | January 14, 2026 | gemini-embedding-2 |
https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations
Shutdown / retirement date
cloud.google.com says shutdown / retirement date is April 1, 2027, as of 2026-09-28.
text-embedding-004 | May 14, 2024 | April 1, 2027 | |
https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versioning
ai.google.dev says shutdown / retirement date is January 14, 2026, as of 2026-09-16.
text-embedding-004 | April 9, 2024 | January 14, 2026 | 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 | text-embedding-004 | April 9, 2024 | January 14, 2026 | 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