Gemini Image API Reported Quality Drift
Expensive-Pitch4235 · reddit · 2026-07-18
Users have reported noticeable quality degradation and 'generation drift' in the Gemini 3.1 Flash Image API, along with instability issues varying by time of day.
The post focuses not on a feature release, but on stability issues observed in actual use:
- Output quality fluctuates over time
- Generation results are drifting
- Reproducible experience anomalies specific to the Image API
The link points to the related discussion on Reddit's /r/Bard.
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