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## Title

    [Vertex AI SDK] Local tokenizer: 'Model <name> is not supported. Supported models: gemini-1.0-pro-001, ... gemini-1.5-pro-002'

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): The local tokenizer map only includes Gemini 1.0/1.5 model names (Gemma tokenizer); newer models are not mapped.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Limitations:
    - The supported-model list in the message is composed at runtime from _GEMINI_STABLE_MODEL_NAMES (gemini-1.0-pro-001/002, gemini-1.5-pro-001/002, gemini-1.5-flash-001/002); only the static fragment is verified verbatim.
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/python-aiplatform/6da2b9b5352798893cc009ca83a1578f91994a51/vertexai/tokenization/_tokenizer_loading.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): _GEMINI_STABLE_MODEL_NAMES lists only 1.0/1.5 models; other names raise this ValueError.
    
    Search phrasings: vertexai local tokenizer gemini 2.5 not supported; get_tokenizer_for_model Supported models gemini-1.5
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "Offline token counting raises ValueError for any current Gemini model.",
      "context": "Product: Vertex AI SDK for Python (google-cloud-aiplatform)\nComponent: vertexai.preview.tokenization get_tokenizer_for_model\nOperation: get_tokenizer_for_model('gemini-2.x...').count_tokens(...)\nAffected versions: observed in google-cloud-aiplatform 2.2.0 source; introduction version unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: ValueError\nPackages: google-cloud-aiplatform source at 2.2.0 (main 6da2b9b)\nTrigger: Requesting the local SentencePiece tokenizer for Gemini 2.x/3.x models.",
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        "literal_error_text": "is not supported. Supported models:"
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## Support assessment

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        "body": "Recommended action: Use the server-side count_tokens API (client.models.count_tokens in google-genai or model.count_tokens) for current models.\n\nOption: Use API count_tokens [evidence: documented_workaround]\nSteps:\n1. client.models.count_tokens(model='gemini-...', contents=...)\nExpected: Token count for current models\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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