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  "schema_version": 1,
  "public_model_id": "google/gemini-3-flash-preview",
  "canonical_page": "https://www.maxapi.dev/models/google/gemini-3-flash-preview",
  "reviewed_at": "2026-09-10",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-11T02:12:59.279Z",
  "scope": "Checked against MaxAPI's public catalogue, gateway implementation and local regression cases. Shared gateway checks are not separate end-to-end tests of every listed model. This is an integration reference, not a live upstream availability or performance report.",
  "summary": "Gemini 3 Flash Preview is listed as google/gemini-3-flash-preview. Use the Gemini-native request format in the example below, then read candidates and usageMetadata from the response. Model access, routing and account limits are separate from the task instructions you put in contents.",
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    "family_id": "google/gemini-3-flash-preview",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-09-10",
    "title": "Interactive reasoning with multimodal context",
    "provider_positioning": "Gemini 3 Flash Preview is a text-output reasoning model with multimodal understanding and tool-related capabilities documented by Google. It is not an image generator despite the visual inputs in the model family.",
    "selection_advice": "Compare it for interactive technical assistance and short feedback loops. Keep the preview ID distinct from the stable Gemini 3.5 Flash entry and measure both using your actual task set.",
    "limitations": "Preview behavior and availability can change. Tool declarations do not grant permission to execute actions, and this page does not claim all Google tools are exposed by MaxAPI.",
    "suggested_use_cases": [
      {
        "title": "Interactive debugging",
        "body": "Give one error and enough surrounding code; ask for the next discriminating check, not a speculative rewrite."
      },
      {
        "title": "Visual issue explanation",
        "body": "If your route accepts image input, compare its interpretation against the actual screenshot and explicit UI facts."
      },
      {
        "title": "Short plan-and-check loops",
        "body": "Have the model propose one next step, validate it in the application, then supply the observed result."
      }
    ],
    "example_prompt": {
      "title": "Find the next debugging check",
      "text": "Given the error, code and observed behavior below, propose exactly one low-risk diagnostic check that best distinguishes the two most plausible causes. Return hypotheses, next_check and expected_observations. Explain briefly using supplied evidence. Do not claim to have run the check or modify code. Context: [insert].",
      "review": "Check that the proposed diagnostic is grounded, safe and actually distinguishes the hypotheses."
    },
    "scope": "Provider capabilities describe the model, not the complete MaxAPI feature set. Use the parameters, input types and routes documented for this MaxAPI entry. Vendor speed or quality descriptions are not service-level guarantees.",
    "variant_note": null,
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Google · gemini-3-flash-preview",
        "url": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3-flash-preview"
      }
    ]
  },
  "illustration": {
    "url": "https://www.maxapi.dev/model-guides/individual-20260910/gemini-3-flash-preview.webp",
    "alt": "Technician using a meter to inspect an electronic device on a blue work mat",
    "caption": "Interactive diagnosis concept: choose the next safe check from the available evidence.",
    "provenance": "ai_generated_editorial_concept",
    "is_output_from_named_model": false,
    "is_benchmark": false
  },
  "illustrations": [
    {
      "section": "usecases",
      "url": "https://www.maxapi.dev/model-guides/individual-20260910/gemini-3-flash-preview.webp",
      "alt": "Technician using a meter to inspect an electronic device on a blue work mat",
      "caption": "Interactive diagnosis concept: choose the next safe check from the available evidence.",
      "width": 1536,
      "height": 1024,
      "provenance": "ai_generated_editorial_concept",
      "is_output_from_named_model": false,
      "is_benchmark": false
    },
    {
      "section": "features",
      "url": "https://www.maxapi.dev/model-guides/expanded-20260911/gemini-3-flash-preview-practice.webp",
      "alt": "Disconnected router, cable and multimeter on a blue work mat",
      "caption": "Start diagnosis with observable evidence and safe, reversible checks.",
      "width": 1536,
      "height": 1024,
      "provenance": "ai_generated_editorial_concept",
      "is_output_from_named_model": false,
      "is_benchmark": false
    },
    {
      "section": "prompts",
      "url": "https://www.maxapi.dev/model-guides/expanded-20260911/gemini-3-flash-preview-prompt.webp",
      "alt": "Technician inspects an unplugged network connector over a blue mat.",
      "caption": "Concept for the next bounded diagnostic check.",
      "width": 1536,
      "height": 1024,
      "provenance": "ai_generated_editorial_concept",
      "is_output_from_named_model": false,
      "is_benchmark": false
    },
    {
      "section": "workflow",
      "url": "https://www.maxapi.dev/model-guides/expanded-20260911/gemini-3-flash-preview-workflow.webp",
      "alt": "Technician closes an inspection notebook beside a disconnected device.",
      "caption": "Record observations before deciding on the next action.",
      "width": 1536,
      "height": 1024,
      "provenance": "ai_generated_editorial_concept",
      "is_output_from_named_model": false,
      "is_benchmark": false
    }
  ],
  "configured_facts": [
    {
      "label": "Request model ID",
      "value": "google/gemini-3-flash-preview",
      "code": true
    },
    {
      "label": "Output type",
      "value": "Language"
    },
    {
      "label": "Base URL",
      "value": "https://api.maxapi.dev",
      "code": true
    },
    {
      "label": "Generation workflow",
      "value": "Gemini-compatible generateContent"
    }
  ],
  "pricing_scope": "1 credit = US$1. These are catalogue base rates, not a live account quote. Account multipliers and the active billing configuration determine the final charge. Token rates are not a fixed price per image.",
  "pricing_index": "https://www.maxapi.dev/pricing.json",
  "routing_rules": [
    {
      "title": "Which route wins?",
      "body": "Routing priority is: the API key's configured route_modes list → an explicitly requested route → the model's default route. A non-empty key list takes precedence over route_mode in the request. To test a specific route, check the key configuration first; changing the request alone may not change the route used."
    },
    {
      "title": "A key cannot grant account permissions",
      "body": "The a, x and pro routes require the corresponding account permission. Listing one on an API key does not grant that permission. An unauthorized gated-route selection returns 403 rather than silently switching to a different pricing tier."
    },
    {
      "title": "RPM is shared at account level",
      "body": "An account's positive RPM limit covers its API keys together. A key can impose a stricter limit, but a higher key limit does not override the user limit. For example, a user limit of 200 RPM is not 200 RPM for each key. Service-level RPM and concurrency controls also apply; adding keys is not a way to bypass them."
    }
  ],
  "troubleshooting": [
    {
      "code": "403",
      "title": "a_route_not_enabled / x_route_not_enabled / pro_route_not_enabled",
      "meaning": "The selected restricted route is not enabled for the account. It is an access issue, not evidence that the model is offline.",
      "action": "Check both the account permission and the API key's route list. Select a route you are entitled to use or request access; do not solve a 403 by increasing retries."
    },
    {
      "code": "429",
      "title": "rate_limit_exceeded / capacity_exhausted",
      "meaning": "429 can represent account/key RPM, service-wide capacity or generation capacity. Use Retry-After and available X-RateLimit-* / X-Global-* headers to distinguish them; one status code does not identify one unique cause.",
      "action": "Respect Retry-After when present, reduce request rate or active concurrency as appropriate, and use bounded backoff. Do not treat the site's total capacity as your account's personal quota."
    }
  ],
  "verification": {
    "environment": "local_mock_requests_and_test_storage",
    "coverage": "shared_gateway_components_not_each_model_end_to_end",
    "paid_upstream_calls": 0,
    "reviewed_at": "2026-09-10",
    "cases": [
      {
        "key": "shared-user-rpm",
        "title": "Multiple keys share the user limit",
        "input": "Use two keys owned by the same account against an in-memory limiter with a small user quota.",
        "result": "Requests across the keys consume the same user quota; subsequent requests are limited. A larger key quota does not override the user quota, and a smaller key quota remains effective."
      }
    ],
    "limitations": "Local tests use simulated requests, responses and test storage; they do not call paid model channels. They verify request handling, not model image quality, live success rates, latency or end-to-end support for the maximum reference count. The concept illustrations elsewhere on this page are not these test outputs."
  },
  "sources": {
    "maxapi_documentation": "https://www.maxapi.dev/docs",
    "catalogue": "https://www.maxapi.dev/models.json",
    "provider_documentation": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3-flash-preview"
  }
}