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  • Updated Oct 7, 2026

An agent execution checkpoint blocks new calls, preserves validated work, and separates uncertain writes for reconciliation.
LatestAPI Guides

How to Stop an AI Agent Tool Loop—and Keep It Stopped

Stop new tool execution, preserve verified results, and reconcile any uncertain write before resuming. A turn limit contains a loop; progress checks and operation records make recovery safer.

12 min
Earlier illustration of Imagen 4 and Nano Banana replacement choices
AI Image Generation

Imagen 4 vs Nano Banana: Retirement Dates and API Migration

For a direct Gemini API migration, start with gemini-nano-banana-2.1. Firebase requires a separate support check. Replace the old Imagen request and image parser, then promote the model that meets your output requirements.

12 min
Diagram connecting application JSON and YAML to an image API request, with a separate PDF document-processing step
API Guides

Nano Banana Pro API Guide: JSON, YAML, Image Saving, and PDFs

Call gemini-3-pro-image through Google Interactions, save image bytes from the full response, and compile your own JSON or YAML job settings. PDFs need a document-capable model before Pro receives the verified facts and page images.

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Pro image access differs across Gemini Apps, AI Mode, and native API, followed by separate response-feedback checks.
Troubleshooting

Nano Banana Pro `RESTRICTED by System Instructions`? Check the Gate First

If Pro returns a restriction message or no image, first recover the correct Pro route: More → Redo with Pro in Gemini, the Pro menu in eligible AI Mode accounts, or gemini-3-pro-image in the API. Then check the actual response before calling the failure a policy block.

10 min
Gemini image references can use supported HTTPS, inline bytes, or upload URIs after checking the actual outgoing value.
Troubleshooting

Nano Banana Pro "Unsupported File URI Type"? Fix the Gemini File Route

For "Unsupported file URI type," check the exact image value your app sent and the endpoint that rejected it. Native Gemini can accept supported HTTPS URLs; local paths, unresolved templates and base64 data URLs need a different payload. Verify the repair by getting an edited image from the same Pro request.

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