My application started throwing 400 errors saying my input token count exceeds the maximum number of tokens allowed (131k) even though I’m a paying customer that shouldn’t be subjected to the free tier limits. It now switched to being fully unusable with 500/503 errors.

Sorry, i forgot to mention these errors are exclusive to Gemini 2.5 Pro. I don’t run into any 429/rate limit/max tokens in the Gemini 2.5 Flash which is weird.

The recent issues affecting AI studio and Gemini API have been resolved, and all systems are operational again. We apologize for the inconvenience and disruption this may have caused to your applications and workflows. Please let us know if you continue to face any issues.

Not for me: Gemini 2.5 Pro {"args":{},"error_type":"ClientError","message":"400 INVALID_ARGUMENT. {'error': {'code': 400, 'message': 'The input token count (860489) exceeds the maximum number of tokens allowed (131072).', 'status': 'INVALID_ARGUMENT'}}"}"} I even tried creating a different api-k…

I just wanted to let you know that I’m still running into the same issue. The API error is happening on a project I only created yesterday, and I’m on a paid plan. To make things more confusing, yesterday several of my Google Cloud projects disappeared out of nowhere, so I had to recreate them and g…

@Krish_Varnakavi1 Thank you for the update. My api key in AI studio still shows unavailable.Should I just wait or do I need to take any action? Any help is much appreciated.

Any news here? More than 24 hours with our production systems facing this issue. Unacceptable for a paying customer.

Not for me, the error is still happening now with even paid APIs

I had the same issue for model Gemini-2.5-pro

400, 500 and 503 since morning

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Steven_Waterman September 30, 2025, 9:15am 9

Yes, same issue still happening here Gemini 2.5 Pro (paid, with API key) errors 100% of the time when token count is over 131k - #7 by Steven_Waterman

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400, 500 and 503 since morning

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