Google DeepMind changed the retirement line for gemini-2.5-pro. It said "June 17, 2025 | October 20, 2026 | gemini-3.5-flash" and it now says "June 17, 2025 | October 20, 2026 | gemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.5-flash".

Google DeepMindDEPRECATIONCHANGEDTUE SEP 29, 22:02

The line, as the page carries it

-gemini-2.5-proJune 17, 2025 | October 20, 2026 | gemini-3.5-flash
+gemini-2.5-proJune 17, 2025 | October 20, 2026 | gemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.5-flash

The record

DOCUMENThttps://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/model-versions
SOURCEgdm-model-versions
ROWgemini-2.5-pro
OPERATIONchanged
BEFOREJune 17, 2025 | October 20, 2026 | gemini-3.5-flash
AFTERJune 17, 2025 | October 20, 2026 | gemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.5-flash
READ AT2026-09-29T22:02:26.645Z
SIGNALSdate, modelId

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