# When is text-bison retired?

text-bison on Google Cloud Vertex AI was retired on Apr 21, 2025.

Google Cloud Vertex AI recommends migrating to gemini-2.5-flash-lite.

> Warning: the replacement gemini-2.5-flash-lite is retired (shutdown 2026-10-20). First active model in the chain: gemini-3.8-flash.

- Provider: Google Cloud Vertex AI
- Model ID: text-bison
- Status: retired
- Deprecation announced: unknown
- Shutdown date: 2025-04-21
- Replacement: gemini-2.5-flash-lite
- Replacement status: retired
- Replacement kind: different_family
- End of replacement chain: gemini-3.8-flash (active, google-vertex)
- Official source: https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/model-versions
- Last checked: 2026-11-06T05:52:31+00:00
- Check status: verified
- Provider coverage today: https://aideprecations.com/api/v1/coverage.json
- Page: https://aideprecations.com/google-vertex/text-bison/

Cite as: AI Deprecations, "text-bison deprecation date", https://aideprecations.com/google-vertex/text-bison/ (source: https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/model-versions). Data CC BY 4.0. Always confirm on the official source.