LLM model shutdown · Google
When does text-embedding-004 shut down?
Google (Gemini API) lists text-embedding-004 as already shut down. Google (Vertex AI) lists text-embedding-004 with a shutdown date of 1 Apr 2027. The provider’s pages are quoted below.
What the provider’s page says
Google · Gemini API
Listed by the provider as already shut down. Its table gave 14 Jan 2026 as the earliest possible date.
Replacement the provider names: gemini-embedding-2
Deprecated models: text-embedding-004 | April 9, 2024 | January 14, 2026 | gemini-embedding-2
Source: ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations, read 13 Nov 2026
Google says the dates in its table are the earliest possible shutdown dates and that it will give the exact date with advance notice. Where a row says requests route to the replacement, the endpoint is not shut down. Rows under Deprecated models or Deprecated agents are listed by Google as already shut down.
Google · Vertex AI
Shutdown date: 1 Apr 2027.
The page names no replacement.
Embeddings models: text-embedding-004 | May 14, 2024 | April 1, 2027 |
Source: cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versions, read 13 Nov 2026
Google says retirement timelines may be extended but will not be moved earlier than the date listed. A date with 'or later' is a minimum availability date, not an announced retirement.
Check your own code
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