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[Bug]: Computer use example has been updated to gemini-3.5-flash but the computer use tool does not support this model yet #2904

Description

@ramnathn-alt

File Name

gemini/computer-use/intro_computer_use.ipynb

What happened?

This example no longer works because the Computer Use tool does not accept gemini-3.5-flash.

Relevant log output

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ClientError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
/tmp/ipykernel_277/3196089476.py in <cell line: 0>()
     40 
     41 # Generate content with the configured settings
---> 42 response = client.models.generate_content(
     43     model=MODEL_ID,
     44     contents=contents,

13 frames/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/google/genai/models.py in generate_content(self, model, contents, config)
   6452     while remaining_remote_calls_afc > 0:
   6453       i += 1
-> 6454       response = self._generate_content(
   6455           model=model, contents=contents, config=parsed_config
   6456       )

/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/google/genai/models.py in _generate_content(self, model, contents, config)
   4888     request_dict = _common.encode_unserializable_types(request_dict)
   4889 
-> 4890     response = self._api_client.request(
   4891         'post', path, request_dict, http_options
   4892     )

/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/google/genai/_api_client.py in request(self, http_method, path, request_dict, http_options)
   1609         http_method, path, request_dict, http_options
   1610     )
-> 1611     response = self._request(http_request, http_options, stream=False)
   1612     response_body = (
   1613         response.response_stream[0] if response.response_stream else ''

/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/google/genai/_api_client.py in _request(self, http_request, http_options, stream)
   1402         return retry(self._request_once, http_request, stream)  # type: ignore[no-any-return]
   1403 
-> 1404     return self._retry(self._request_once, http_request, stream)  # type: ignore[no-any-return]
   1405 
   1406   async def _async_request_once(

/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/tenacity/__init__.py in __call__(self, fn, *args, **kwargs)
    468         retry_state = RetryCallState(retry_object=self, fn=fn, args=args, kwargs=kwargs)
    469         while True:
--> 470             do = self.iter(retry_state=retry_state)
    471             if isinstance(do, DoAttempt):
    472                 try:

/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/tenacity/__init__.py in iter(self, retry_state)
    369         result = None
    370         for action in self.iter_state.actions:
--> 371             result = action(retry_state)
    372         return result
    373 

/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/tenacity/__init__.py in exc_check(rs)
    411                 retry_exc = self.retry_error_cls(fut)
    412                 if self.reraise:
--> 413                     raise retry_exc.reraise()
    414                 raise retry_exc from fut.exception()
    415 

/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/tenacity/__init__.py in reraise(self)
    182     def reraise(self) -> t.NoReturn:
    183         if self.last_attempt.failed:
--> 184             raise self.last_attempt.result()
    185         raise self
    186 

/usr/lib/python3.12/concurrent/futures/_base.py in result(self, timeout)
    447                     raise CancelledError()
    448                 elif self._state == FINISHED:
--> 449                     return self.__get_result()
    450 
    451                 self._condition.wait(timeout)

/usr/lib/python3.12/concurrent/futures/_base.py in __get_result(self)
    399         if self._exception:
    400             try:
--> 401                 raise self._exception
    402             finally:
    403                 # Break a reference cycle with the exception in self._exception

/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/tenacity/__init__.py in __call__(self, fn, *args, **kwargs)
    471             if isinstance(do, DoAttempt):
    472                 try:
--> 473                     result = fn(*args, **kwargs)
    474                 except BaseException:  # noqa: B902
    475                     retry_state.set_exception(sys.exc_info())  # type: ignore[arg-type]

/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/google/genai/_api_client.py in _request_once(self, http_request, stream)
   1379       )
   1380       response = self._httpx_client.send(httpx_request, stream=stream)  # type: ignore[union-attr]
-> 1381     errors.APIError.raise_for_response(response)
   1382     return HttpResponse(
   1383         response.headers, response if stream else [response.text]

/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/google/genai/errors.py in raise_for_response(cls, response)
    153       response_json = response.body_segments[0].get('error', {})
    154 
--> 155     cls.raise_error(response.status_code, response_json, response)
    156 
    157   @classmethod

/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/google/genai/errors.py in raise_error(cls, status_code, response_json, response)
    182     """
    183     if 400 <= status_code < 500:
--> 184       raise ClientError(status_code, response_json, response)
    185     elif 500 <= status_code < 600:
    186       raise ServerError(status_code, response_json, response)

ClientError: 400 INVALID_ARGUMENT. {'error': {'code': 400, 'message': 'Unable to submit request because computer use is not supported for this model. Learn more: https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/model-reference/gemini', 'status': 'INVALID_ARGUMENT'}}

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