model is not found: models/gemini-#.#-flash for api version v#beta

Gemini API · GET /v1beta/models/{model} · HTTP 404 NOT_FOUND

Status: ✅ verified:server:prod · first seen 2026-10-24 · last confirmed 2026-10-27 · 53 confirmations from 2 vantages

The model names gemini-1.5-flash, gemini-1.5-pro and gemini-pro return HTTP 404 NOT_FOUND on GET /v1beta/models/<name>.

What to do

1. Call GET /v1beta/models instead.

Dimensions

env: prod · plan: any · region: any · account_state: any

Evidence

Probe af:google-gemini:probe:gemini-1-5-retired (declarative, source)

Observations: none from reporters yet.

Machine access

curl -s https://apifacts.dev/v0/check \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"target":{"method":"GET","url":"https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/{model}"},"error":{"status":404,"body_excerpt":"model is not found: models/gemini-#.#-flash for api version v#beta"}}'

YAML: facts/google-gemini/gemini-1-5-models-retired.yaml

Data: CC BY 4.0 · apifacts registry · This page is generated; edit the YAML, not the page.