2.0-flash : 503 The model is overloaded. Please try again later

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We are getting this error when calling the API (generate_content):
‘The model is overloaded. Please try again later.’

Is this related to our key?
Is this happening only to us?

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@wini-silva,

The “503 The model is overloaded” error is a temporary server-side issue indicating that the requested model (2.0-flash) is experiencing very high demand at that moment. It’s not a problem with your specific API key or account settings.

If you’re still running into this, I’d appreciate it if you could tell me:

  • How many times have you encountered this specific error?
  • Has this issue persisted over multiple attempts to use the model?

Thank you!

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@chunduriv

We got this error 16 times, between 10:00 and 13:00 which is when I switched to 2.5-flash and the problem was resolved.

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Same. It is getting very difficult to work with 2.0-flash. Gets overloaded way too frequently.

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@wini-silva @Vanshika_Vats,

We truly appreciate you flagging this issue and we have escalated it to our Internal team.

Thank you!

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Good Afternoon,

I also started receiving this error when my scripts run between 10-10:30am EST