diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_basic.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_basic.ts
index 07f6e1e51..ae04c885a 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_basic.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_basic.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_function_calling_client_state.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_function_calling_client_state.ts
index ac00322c7..acd2ade9a 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_function_calling_client_state.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_function_calling_client_state.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_function_calling_server_state.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_function_calling_server_state.ts
index c5ca4fde3..d146e0e61 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_function_calling_server_state.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_function_calling_server_state.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_get.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_get.ts
index 401b78060..e05b2afd3 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_get.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_get.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_input_text_and_audio.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_input_text_and_audio.ts
index 6ac22b84d..196582b0e 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_input_text_and_audio.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_input_text_and_audio.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_input_text_and_audio_with_generate_content.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_input_text_and_audio_with_generate_content.ts
index 116fd8f89..1eea9de4a 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_input_text_and_audio_with_generate_content.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_input_text_and_audio_with_generate_content.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_input_text_and_image.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_input_text_and_image.ts
index 3b1e695c1..69955bc6c 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_input_text_and_image.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_input_text_and_image.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_input_text_and_image_with_generate_content.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_input_text_and_image_with_generate_content.ts
index bbe652a98..17777e109 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_input_text_and_image_with_generate_content.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_input_text_and_image_with_generate_content.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_response_audio.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_response_audio.ts
index b59f3edcc..8e92d7fcc 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_response_audio.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_response_audio.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_response_audio_with_generate_content.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_response_audio_with_generate_content.ts
index f1395fd71..f000ef5aa 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_response_audio_with_generate_content.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_response_audio_with_generate_content.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_response_image.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_response_image.ts
index a0a14b996..645b06355 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_response_image.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_response_image.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_response_image_with_generate_content.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_response_image_with_generate_content.ts
index 34f46848d..9b31e5106 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_response_image_with_generate_content.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_multimodal_response_image_with_generate_content.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_stateful.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_stateful.ts
index 0da7a12a7..2df64dfb7 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_stateful.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_stateful.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_stateless.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_stateless.ts
index 0deafb09f..3c365dfae 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_stateless.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_stateless.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_streaming.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_streaming.ts
index 20e4daf26..906444b71 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_streaming.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_streaming.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_structured_output_json.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_structured_output_json.ts
index 14ad2fd5a..e3c4085a5 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_structured_output_json.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_structured_output_json.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_code_execution.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_code_execution.ts
index c9aaa9915..48bc533bd 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_code_execution.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_code_execution.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_computer_use.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_computer_use.ts
index 5aee37d9b..94ef51f69 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_computer_use.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_computer_use.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_functions.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_functions.ts
index 7e092e55b..2e251148d 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_functions.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_functions.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_google_search.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_google_search.ts
index dac412118..9798f4e3d 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_google_search.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_google_search.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_mcp_server.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_mcp_server.ts
index 661175a09..a96d0f086 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_mcp_server.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_mcp_server.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_mime_type.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_mime_type.ts
index 0327bd24c..17faaaf5a 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_mime_type.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_mime_type.ts
@@ -51,9 +51,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error(
-      'This version of the GenAI SDK does not support Vertex AI API for interactions.',
-    );
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_url_context.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_url_context.ts
index 64e819e81..398573acc 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_url_context.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_tool_call_with_url_context.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/interactions_with_config.ts b/sdk-samples/interactions_with_config.ts
index 951130a04..e7ffb0744 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/interactions_with_config.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/interactions_with_config.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ async function createInteractionsFromMLDev() {
 
 async function main() {
   if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
-    throw new Error('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
+    console.log('Interactions API is not yet supported on Vertex');
   } else {
     await createInteractionsFromMLDev().catch((e) =>
       console.error('got error', e),
diff --git a/sdk-samples/live_ephemeral.ts b/sdk-samples/live_ephemeral.ts
index 8fd10c872..805538300 100644
--- a/sdk-samples/live_ephemeral.ts
+++ b/sdk-samples/live_ephemeral.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 } from '@google/genai';
 
 const GEMINI_API_KEY = process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY;
+const GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI = process.env.GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI;
 
 class AsyncQueue<T> {
   private queue: T[] = [];
@@ -127,6 +128,10 @@ async function live(client: GoogleGenAI, model: string) {
 }
 
 async function main() {
+  if (GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI) {
+    console.log('This sample is not yet supported by Vertex AI.');
+    return;
+  }
   let client = new GoogleGenAI({
     apiKey: GEMINI_API_KEY,
     apiVersion: 'v1alpha',
diff --git a/sdk-samples/run_samples.sh b/sdk-samples/run_samples.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755