Google currently lists no Gemini 2.5 Pro shutdown date

Lifecyclecorrected

Severitymedium

ConsequenceNo forced migration date is currently announced. Teams may still evaluate newer models, but October 16 must not be treated as an official cutoff.

Componentsgemini-2.5-pro

AudienceGemini API developers with applications pinned to the stable Gemini 2.5 Pro model.

RegionGemini API; no regional exception documented

Stable event IDksr-google-gemini-2-5-pro-2026-10-16

Change typeaccess_change

BeforeRadar listed an October 16 retirement deadline

AfterNo shutdown date announced

ActionRemove October 16 from internal shutdown plans unless Google publishes a new official date; continue monitoring the Gemini API deprecation table.

Replacement or migration pathNo forced migration is currently required. If changing models voluntarily, test the chosen replacement independently and preserve a rollback path.

Date roleNo current shutdown deadline

DateNo date announced

Statuscorrected; earlier date withdrawn

StatusNot tested

LimitationsReviewed the exact gemini-2.5-pro lifecycle row and standard free/paid pricing row. No shutdown date or replacement is listed; no live inference or workload migration was tested.

Checked2026-09-12

Official sourceshttps://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations · https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing

Correction history2026-08-23: Corrected the earlier October 16 claim after Google’s current official table listed no announced shutdown date. | 2026-09-12: Rechecked the official lifecycle and pricing rows. Removed the withdrawn October 16 deadline and retirement wording from the generic fields as well as the Radar record. Cleared unsupported announcement/effective dates. Retained the old date only in the cancelled calendar revision for existing subscribers.

Review scopeReviewed the exact gemini-2.5-pro lifecycle row and standard free/paid pricing row. No shutdown date or replacement is listed; no live inference or workload migration was tested.