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Vertex AI (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com) imagetext@001 model retirement

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Calls to the model imagetext@001 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 imagetext@001 once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:

HTTP 404
{"error":{"code":404,"message":"Publisher model `projects/{project}/locations/{region}/publishers/google/models/imagetext@001` 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 imagetext@001

Update your model endpoints before June 30, 2026, using gemini-2.5-flash-image as the replacement to avoid service disruption.

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

| `imagetext@001` | `gemini-2.5-flash-image` |

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Facts

API
Vertex AI (us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com) us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com
Model
imagetext@001
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 imagetext@001 shut down?

Calls to the model imagetext@001 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 imagetext@001 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/imagetext@001` 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.


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