I am encountering a 404 error when utilizing the client.models.update() function within the new Python genAI client. The code was working fine a day before. Could you please assist in resolving this issue? Further details or logs can be provided if necessary. Thank you for your time and assistan…

Hey @sps , Seems like an intermittent issue. I just checked from my end, and the update() function is working. I used SDK version 1.5.0. Let me know if you’re still facing the issue.

Hi @GUNAND_MAYANGLAMBAM Thanks for testing. However, I’m still getting a 404 error on my end for the google-genai client (currently on version 1.5.0): Exception has occurred: ClientError 404 Not Found. {'message': '', 'status': 'Not Found'} File "/directory/test/app.py", line 75, in <module> …

It works only when you provide the fine-tuned model using gemini-1.5-flash-001-tuning.

Hmm interesting. It was working for me with gemini-1.5-flash earlier though. Is there any documentation on this method or the endpoint? Currently the API reference only shows models.get and models.list. [image]

Let me get back to you on this.

Hey @sps , Could you let us know the use case for the client.models.update() function in the base model??

Hi @GUNAND_MAYANGLAMBAM I was using the client.models.update() method to create a model that’s configured for structured outputs in a predefined format: system_message = "Some system message" generation_config = types.GenerateContentConfig( temperature=0, top_p= 0.95, top_k=40, max…

Thanks @sps , Checking with the engineering team on this.

Got confirmation that client.models.update function is for updating the display name or description of a tuned model. You can’t use it on a base model. Looks like, there was a bug that the engineering team has fixed. Thanks!!

Thanks @GUNAND_MAYANGLAMBAM Is there a timeframe for when we can expect the API reference to reflect this? Asking because it still shows only models.list and models.get. [image]

Getting 404 on client.models.update()

Gemini API

jkirstaetter March 24, 2025, 9:28am 20

Hi @sps

Did you report this documentation issue by clicking on that button “Send Feedback” top right?
Might be helpful as there are probably different teams working behind the scenes.

Cheers

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Getting 404 on client.models.update()

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