# code-gecko

Calls to the model code-gecko on Vertex AI stopped working on April 21, 2025.

- API: Vertex AI (aiplatform.googleapis.com)
- Model: code-gecko
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: April 21, 2025
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model code-gecko`
- Source: [Deprecations page](https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versions)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/vertex-ai/code-gecko/

## What to use instead

Move to gemini-3.8-flash. gemini-2.5-flash-lite, named first, stopped working on 2026-10-20.