{
  "slug": "gcp-gemini-enterprise-agent-platform-text-embedding-004-retirement",
  "title": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform: text-embedding-004 retirement",
  "summary": "Retirement date for text-embedding-004 on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform: 1 Apr 2027. Google's model versions page mentions errors caused by models reaching their retirement dates, without describing them, and links a migration guide.",
  "cloud": "gcp",
  "service": "Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform",
  "service_slug": "gemini-enterprise-agent-platform",
  "category": "feature",
  "type": "retirement",
  "announced_date": null,
  "effective_date": "2027-04-01",
  "effective_precision": "day",
  "impact": "Google lists text-embedding-004 with a retirement date in the model tables of its model versions page for Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. The page does not describe what happens to requests to a retired model. It mentions only \"errors caused by models reaching their retirement dates\".",
  "migration_path": "Google links [Migrate to the latest Gemini models](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/migrate) as the guide for moving to a latest stable model. For cases where there is no time to follow the guide, the page gives a shorter path:\n\n1. Update your application to point to the recommended upgrade. Where the table names a replacement for a model, it is in the \"Replacement model ID\" column.\n2. Test all mission critical features to make sure everything works as expected.\n3. Deploy the updates like you normally would.",
  "replacement": null,
  "affected_versions": [],
  "source_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/model-versions",
  "extra_source_urls": [],
  "vendor_ref": null,
  "last_checked_at": "2026-11-12T09:56:10.861Z",
  "created_at": "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z",
  "url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/gcp-gemini-enterprise-agent-platform-text-embedding-004-retirement",
  "short_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/i/5r",
  "markdown_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/gcp-gemini-enterprise-agent-platform-text-embedding-004-retirement.md",
  "json_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/gcp-gemini-enterprise-agent-platform-text-embedding-004-retirement.json",
  "estate_check": null
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