# gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17

Calls to the model gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17 on Vertex AI (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com) stopped working on July 15, 2025.

- API: Vertex AI (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com) (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com)
- Model: gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17
- Kind: Model retirement
- Announced: June 17, 2025
- Takes effect: July 15, 2025
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17`
- Source: [Changelog](https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/release-notes)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/vertex-ai-2/gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17/

## Vertex AI (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com)'s words

> Preview endpoint availability and removal: All existing Gemini 2.5 Flash and Pro preview endpoints (listed below) will continue to be available with their current preview pricing until July 15, 2025. After this date, these preview endpoints will be shut down.