Should I pin the SDK version?
Pin dependencies in production and test upgrades against the API surface and transport your application actually uses. Google recommends pinning below 3.0 if you need to avoid the upcoming major-version changes.
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Google’s Gen AI Python SDK 3.0 Changes Three Defaults. Check Before You UpgradeGoogle Gen AI Python SDK 3.0 changes the API default, HTTP client and one result type. Here is what Gemini developers should check before upgrading.
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