Older Embedding models will be discontinued on Oct 30, 2025

Problem/Motivation

Problem/Motivation

I received an email from Google:

On October 30, 2025, the following embedding models will be discontinued and will start returning errors:

• embedding-001
• Embedding-gecko-001
• gemini-embedding-exp
• gemini-embedding-exp-03-07

This change affects all current projects and applets that use these models.

We understand this change may require some planning and have provided additional information below to help you with the transition.

What you need to know

We are discontinuing the support for these outdated experimental models to make way for the newer gemini-embedding-001 model.

Benefits of this change:
The new model is now a stable, generally available release. It outperforms its predecessors in performance and has higher rate limits.

What you need to do

Action required:
You must switch to gemini-embedding-001, our new generally available and stable text embedding model. Transition as soon as possible and no later than October 30, 2025.

Steps to reproduce

When selecting the embedding engine only embedding-001 & text-embedding-004 are available for selection

Proposed resolution

Remove embedding-001 model and add gemini-embedding-001 model