# google/gemma-3-12b-it-vlm

Calls to the model google/gemma-3-12b-it-vlm on Together AI stopped working on July 29, 2026.

Together AI retired model google/gemma-3-12b-it-vlm on July 29, 2026. Calls specifying this model fail since that day. Together AI marked it for removal and ceased processing requests sent to the identifier.

## What to use instead

Switch your requests to google/gemma-4-31B-it-VLM, which is the replacement recommended by Together AI.

- API: Together AI (api.together.xyz)
- Model: google/gemma-3-12b-it-vlm
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: July 29, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model google/gemma-3-12b-it-vlm`
- Source: [Deprecations page](https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against Together AI's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/together-ai/google/gemma-3-12b-it-vlm/

## Together AI's words

> Removal date: 2026-07-29; Model: google/gemma-3-12b-it-VLM; Suggested replacement: google/gemma-4-31B-it-VLM

Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix: https://github.com/apps/okapi-agent