Google Gemini gemini-2.5-flash-image End of Life Date
Google Gemini gemini-2.5-flash-image end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data reconciled from official vendor documentation and endoflife.date at every build; the source of each date is on the product page.
Google Gemini gemini-2.5-flash-image was released on October 2, 2025 and support ended on October 2, 2026 — a supported lifespan of 1 year, shorter than the 1 year and 4 months median for Google Gemini releases. It has been without security patches for 11 days.
| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| gemini-1.0-pro-vision | gemini-1.0-pro-vision | Jul 12, 2024 | EOL |
| gemini-1.0-pro | gemini-1.0-pro-002 | Apr 9, 2025 | EOL |
| gemini-1.5-flash | gemini-1.5-flash-002 | Sep 15, 2025 | EOL |
| gemini-1.5-pro | gemini-1.5-pro-002 | Sep 15, 2025 | EOL |
| text-embedding-004 | text-embedding-004 | Jan 14, 2026 | EOL |
| gemini-embedding-001 | gemini-embedding-001 | Jul 14, 2026 | EOL |
| gemini-2.0-flash-lite | gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001 | Jun 1, 2026 | EOL |
| gemini-2.0-flash | gemini-2.0-flash-001 | Jun 1, 2026 | EOL |
What does Google Gemini gemini-2.5-flash-image end of life mean?
When Google Gemini gemini-2.5-flash-image reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches for this version. CVEs discovered after the EOL date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database with no patch available. Exploit code frequently appears on GitHub within days of disclosure.
The CVE blind spot: A CVE-based scan does not show the ongoing accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software versions. Some scanners flag unsupported versions of common products, but coverage varies, and none of them give you the date in advance. Running Google Gemini gemini-2.5-flash-image past its EOL date creates a growing attack surface that a clean scan result does not rule out.
Migrate to Google Gemini gemini-3.1-flash-lite or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.