# imagegeneration@002

Calls to the model imagegeneration@002 on Vertex AI (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com) stopped working on September 24, 2025.

## The error Vertex AI (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com) returns once imagegeneration@002 is gone

HTTP 404

```json
{"error":{"code":404,"message":"Publisher model `projects/{project}/locations/{region}/publishers/google/models/imagegeneration@002` was not found or your project does not have access to it. Ensure you are using a valid model name and that the model is available in the specified region.","status":"NOT_FOUND"}}
```

## What to use instead

Migrate your calls to Imagen 3.

- API: Vertex AI (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com) (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com)
- Model: imagegeneration@002
- Kind: Model retirement
- Announced: June 24, 2025
- Takes effect: September 24, 2025
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model imagegeneration@002`
- Source: [Changelog](https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/release-notes)
- Verified: October 30, 2026, against Vertex AI (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com)'s own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/vertex-ai-2/imagegeneration-002/

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

> - Imagen 1 model imagegeneration@002

Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix: https://github.com/apps/okapi-agent