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

Gemini API · GET /v1/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 alias gemini-flash-latest and preview models such as gemini-3-flash-preview answer on v1beta but return HTTP 404 NOT_FOUND on v1.

What to do

1. Call GET /v1beta/models/{model} instead.

Dimensions

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

Evidence

Probe af:google-gemini:probe:latest-alias-v1beta-only (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/v1/models/{model}"},"error":{"status":404,"body_excerpt":"model is not found: models/gemini-flash-latest for api version v#"}}'

YAML: facts/google-gemini/latest-aliases-v1beta-only.yaml

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