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gemini-cli - 💡(How to fix) Fix regression in v0.45.1 - doesn't work at all

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gemini -p "test" Error when talking to Gemini API Full report available at: /tmp/gemini-client-error-Turn.run-sendMessageStream-2026-06-05T13-11-41-085Z.json ModelNotFoundError: Publisher Model projects/*/locations/global/publishers/google/models/gemini-3-flash was not found or your project does not have access to it. Please ensure you are using a valid model version. For more information, see: https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versions

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gemini -p "test"
Error when talking to Gemini API Full report available at: /tmp/gemini-client-error-Turn.run-sendMessageStream-2026-06-05T13-11-41-085Z.json ModelNotFoundError: Publisher Model `projects/*/locations/global/publishers/google/models/gemini-3-flash` was not found or your project does not have access to it. Please ensure you are using a valid model version. For more information, see: https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versions

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> /about
CLI Version                                                                                      0.45.1                                                                                                                                                                                │
│ Git Commit                                                                                       9519ba6f0                                                                                                                                                                             │
│ Model                                                                                            Auto                                                                                                                                                                                  │
│ Sandbox                                                                                          no sandbox                                                                                                                                                                            │
│ OS                                                                                               linux                                                                                                                                                                                 │
│ Auth Method                                                                                      vertex-ai                                                                                                                                                                             │
│ GCP Project                                                                                      pp-*
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gemini -p "test"
Error when talking to Gemini API Full report available at: /tmp/gemini-client-error-Turn.run-sendMessageStream-2026-06-05T13-11-41-085Z.json ModelNotFoundError: Publisher Model `projects/*/locations/global/publishers/google/models/gemini-3-flash` was not found or your project does not have access to it. Please ensure you are using a valid model version. For more information, see: https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versions

What did you expect to happen?

everything works

Client information

<details> <summary>Client Information</summary>

Run gemini to enter the interactive CLI, then run the /about command.

> /about
CLI Version                                                                                      0.45.1                                                                                                                                                                                │
│ Git Commit                                                                                       9519ba6f0                                                                                                                                                                             │
│ Model                                                                                            Auto                                                                                                                                                                                  │
│ Sandbox                                                                                          no sandbox                                                                                                                                                                            │
│ OS                                                                                               linux                                                                                                                                                                                 │
│ Auth Method                                                                                      vertex-ai                                                                                                                                                                             │
│ GCP Project                                                                                      pp-*
</details>

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