{
  "slug": "gcp-cloud-vision-face-detection-emotion-likelihood-fields-breaking-change",
  "title": "Cloud Vision: face detection emotion likelihood fields return UNKNOWN",
  "summary": "From 14 Jan 2027, the joyLikelihood, sorrowLikelihood, angerLikelihood and surpriseLikelihood fields in FaceAnnotation of the Cloud Vision API permanently return UNKNOWN for all projects. Since 15 Oct 2026, these fields return UNKNOWN for new projects and projects without recent Face Detection usage.",
  "cloud": "gcp",
  "service": "Cloud Vision",
  "service_slug": "cloud-vision",
  "category": "feature",
  "type": "breaking_change",
  "announced_date": null,
  "effective_date": "2027-01-14",
  "effective_precision": "day",
  "impact": "Google has deprecated the emotion label response for face detection (FACE_DETECTION) in the Cloud Vision API. From 14 Jan 2027, the joyLikelihood, sorrowLikelihood, angerLikelihood and surpriseLikelihood fields in FaceAnnotation permanently return UNKNOWN for all projects. Since 15 Oct 2026, these fields return UNKNOWN for new projects and projects without recent Face Detection usage. Google's face detection guide states that a FACE_DETECTION response includes bounding boxes for all faces detected, landmarks detected on the faces, and confidence ratings for face and image properties.",
  "migration_path": "Google has not published migration steps. See the source for details.",
  "replacement": null,
  "affected_versions": [],
  "source_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/release-notes#October_15_2026",
  "extra_source_urls": [
    "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vision/docs/reference/rest/v1/AnnotateImageResponse#FaceAnnotation"
  ],
  "vendor_ref": null,
  "last_checked_at": "2026-11-14T17:00:09.102Z",
  "created_at": "2026-11-14T17:02:56.143Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-14T17:02:56.143Z",
  "url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/gcp-cloud-vision-face-detection-emotion-likelihood-fields-breaking-change",
  "short_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/i/ff",
  "markdown_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/gcp-cloud-vision-face-detection-emotion-likelihood-fields-breaking-change.md",
  "json_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/gcp-cloud-vision-face-detection-emotion-likelihood-fields-breaking-change.json",
  "estate_check": null,
  "source_note": null
}