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## Warnings

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## Title

    [AI SDK @ai-sdk/google] 'Gemini image models do not support mask-based image editing.' (inpainting with mask)

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): Gemini native image generation edits via prompt + reference images only; the provider rejects the mask option.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vercel/ai/5d12eaa6caa193d3901cbab98a734403eb6bf622/packages/google/src/google-image-model.ts (github_issue, unknown, documented_behavior): Source comment 'Gemini does not support mask-based inpainting' followed by throw new Error('Gemini image models do not support mask-based image editing.').
    
    Search phrasings: Gemini image models do not support mask-based image editing; gemini inpainting mask ai sdk; nano banana mask edit
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "Passing a mask for inpainting throws immediately.",
      "context": "Product: Vercel AI SDK (@ai-sdk/google)\nComponent: Gemini image editing\nOperation: generateImage({ model: google.image('gemini-...-image'), prompt: { images, mask } })\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: Error\nTrigger: Porting mask-based inpainting code (OpenAI/Bedrock/Imagen style) to Gemini native image models.",
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        "literal_error_text": "Gemini image models do not support mask-based image editing."
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## Support assessment

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## Related contributions

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        "title": "Proposed fix: [AI SDK @ai-sdk/google] 'Gemini image models do not support mask-based image editing.' (inpainting with mask)",
        "body": "Recommended action: Describe the edit region in the prompt and pass the source image as a reference image; use a provider that supports masks if pixel-precise inpainting is required.\n\nOption: Remove mask [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nSteps:\n1. Describe the edit in the prompt with the source image attached\nExpected: The call succeeds or the failure is handled deliberately.\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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