Vertex AI (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com)
imagen-3.0-capability-002 model retirement
Stopped workingSubscribe to Vertex AI (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com)Share
Calls to the model imagen-3.0-capability-002 on Vertex AI (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com) stopped working on June 30, 2026.
The error you get
What Vertex AI (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com) answers a call to imagen-3.0-capability-002 once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:
{"error":{"code":404,"message":"Publisher model `projects/{project}/locations/{region}/publishers/google/models/imagen-3.0-capability-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 of imagen-3.0-capability-002
Update your model endpoints to gemini-2.5-flash-image before June 30, 2026, to avoid service disruption.
In Vertex AI (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com)'s words
| `imagen-3.0-capability-002` | `gemini-2.5-flash-image` |
Facts
- API
- Vertex AI (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com)
us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com - Model
imagen-3.0-capability-002- Kind
- Model retirement
- Announced
- March 24, 2026
- Takes effect
- June 30, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Changelog
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Vertex AI (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com)'s own pages
Questions
When does imagen-3.0-capability-002 shut down?
Calls to the model imagen-3.0-capability-002 on Vertex AI (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com) stopped working on June 30, 2026.
What happens to calls after June 30, 2026?
They have failed since June 30, 2026.
What error does imagen-3.0-capability-002 return once it is shut down?
Vertex AI (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com) answers HTTP 404: "Publisher model `projects/{project}/locations/{region}/publishers/google/models/imagen-3.0-capability-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.". Send another model to fix it.
How do I find the calls this hits in my code?
Okapi reads your repository, finds the calls this change hits and opens a pull request with the fix. It never commits to your branches: every change comes as a pull request you review.
More from Vertex AI (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com) 10
-
veo-001-preview-0815Model retirement Stopped working -
Gemini 2.0 FlashModel retirement Stopped working -
Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteModel retirement Stopped working -
imagen-4.0-fast-generate-001Model retirement Stopped working -
imagetext@001Model retirement Stopped working -
gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025Model retirement Stopped working -
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-2025Model retirement Stopped working -
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-previewModel retirement Stopped working -
gemini-3-pro-image-previewModel retirement Stopped working -
gemini-3.1-flash-image-previewModel retirement Stopped working
You fixed this one by hand.
Okapi opens the pull request with the fix before the next breaking change reaches your code.