Appearing on a table is the state
No state words appear here. A model is either absent from the deprecations table or listed on it, and appearing is the condition: it means somebody has written a date down. The date is described as the earliest a model might be retired, so the state says more than the number does. As of 2026-09-22.
| What the page is asked | What Gemini API publishes | What that leaves open |
|---|---|---|
| How many states are named | None in words, one by implication | Being on the table, or not being on it |
| What the listing means | A date has been written down for it | Which is the meaningful change of condition |
| What the date commits to | The earliest a model might be retired | So it is a floor rather than a deadline |
| Is the notice quantified | Advance notice promised without a figure | Recorded in the notice period column too |
Inclusion rule. A state counts when the entry publishes the label itself. A marketing word such as new or classic is not a lifecycle state and does not fill a row. Order. What is named first, then what the listing implies.
1A binary condition with a real signal in it
Having no vocabulary sounds like the weakest position in this column, and in one way it is the clearest. A model appearing on the deprecations table is an unambiguous event, and it is the event that matters.
What it lacks is gradation. There is no way to say a model is being wound down but has no date, which is exactly the condition most models in this field are actually in.
2Two dates show the binary is not quite binary
Preview identifiers were listed with an earlier date than the released ones, so the table already distinguishes between kinds of model without naming the distinction. A reader has to infer it from the identifier strings.
That is a state system hiding inside a naming convention. It works for anybody who knows the convention and it is not published as one, which is why this reading records the listing rather than the stage.
3Absence from the table is the ambiguous half
Not being listed could mean a model is new, healthy, or simply not yet scheduled. The register records that as no announced date rather than as a commitment, which is the distinction the blank date question exists for.
With a three-state vocabulary a reader could tell those cases apart. With a listing they cannot, and the page does not claim otherwise.
- What a date in that table commits toThe shutdown dates listed indicate the earliest possible dates on which a model might be retired
- veo-3.0-generate-preview and veo-3.0-fast-generate-preview12 November 2025shutdown date
- How many days of advance noticeNo date announced (as of 2026-09-12)promised but never counted
4Sources
Read from the deprecations page on ai.google.dev, 2026-09-22. The whole entry is on Gemini API, and the column it sits in is on Lifecycle states. Same column, other entries: Sora, LTX Studio.