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Vertex AI Open-Model MaaS (16 models)

Model deprecation · Catalog Pruning · shut down October 21, 2026

Born
Died
Lifespan
1y 10m
Cause of death
Catalog Pruning
Killed by
Google Cloud
Type
Service

Google Cloud stopped managed serving for 16 open models on October 21, 2026: four DeepSeek endpoints (V3.1, V3.2, R1-0528 and DeepSeek-OCR), GLM-5 and 4.7, gpt-oss-20b, Kimi K2 Thinking, Llama 3.3 70B, MiniMax M2, two e5 embedding models and four Qwen3 variants. The weights stay on Model Garden; customers who want them now have to host them themselves. Notice was given July 21.

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Is Vertex AI Open-Model MaaS (16 models) dead?

Yes. Vertex AI Open-Model MaaS (16 models) was shut down on October 21, 2026, 1 year, 10 months after its launch on December 6, 2024. The cause of death was catalog pruning; it was killed by Google Cloud. Classification: model deprecation. Details and the source are above.

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