Is veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview deprecated?

Q: Is veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview deprecated?

Not yet, but retirement is scheduled. Sunset scheduled for 2026-10-22, reported by a third-party catalog. The identifier still resolves today.

RETIRING IN 22 DAYS

Sunset scheduled for 2026-10-22, reported by a third-party catalog. The identifier still resolves today. Sources disagree on: context_tokens.

state=dying sunset=2026-10-22 days_remaining=22 severity=critical sources=gemini,litellm evidence_tier=endpoint confirmed_by_endpoint=gemini documented_by_provider=false replacement=none corroborated=yes divergent_fields=context_tokens checked=2026-09-30 15:40Z

google/veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview

Vendor: google. Tracked by 2 of 5 sources.

What each source reports

**endpoint** = the provider's own machine-readable API, the strongest evidence. **provider docs** = the provider's own documentation, read by a model — first-party content, inferred reading. Unlabelled rows are third-party catalogs. Where sources disagree both values are shown rather than silently reconciled.
Source	ID	Context	Max out	In $/Mtok	Out $/Mtok	Sunset
gemini native	veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview	480	8,192	—	—	—
litellm	gemini/veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview	1,024	—	—	—	2026-10-22

Change history

Severity	Change	What	Detected
critical	deprecated	gemini/veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview: deprecation announced for 2026-10-22 — in 22 days	2026-09-30
critical	deprecated	gemini/veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview: retires 2026-10-22 (in 22 days)	2026-09-30