Gemini API · Model retirement
text-embedding-004
Stopped working
Calls to the model text-embedding-004 on Gemini API stopped working on January 14, 2026.
What to use instead of text-embedding-004
Move to gemini-embedding-2, recommended by Google.
Google: the embedding spaces of gemini-embedding-001 and gemini-embedding-2 are incompatible, so you must re-embed all of your existing data. task_type is not supported; put the task in the prompt.
Facts
- API
- Gemini API
generativelanguage.googleapis.com - Model
text-embedding-004- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- January 14, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
text-embedding-004 on other APIs
- Vertex AI Stops working
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