Hello, I am encountering a 429 error when calling the Gemini-2.5-pro API. I can confirm that my API is on the paid Tier 1 level and was running well a week ago. The 429 error suddenly started occurring on June 24th. It appears that Google is defaulting to the free tier.
got status: 429 . {“error”:{“code”:429,“message”:“You exceeded your current quota. Go to https://aistudio.google.com/apikey to upgrade your quota tier, or submit a quota increase request in Rate limits | Gemini API | Google AI for Developers”:
What worked for me was to unset the GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable and authenticate via gcloud oauth (on VM it would be service account, on CI worload identity).
When I tried to use the GEMINI_API_KEY I couldn’t specify a billing project, so I got the free tier rate limits. Authenticating directly lets me configure the project as I would other gcloud resources.
Hi @user2159,
Welcome to the Forum,
Please follow the below instructions to troubleshoot:
Go to GCP console and click “APIs & Services”. Under Metric, search and select “Generative Language API”.. Under “Quotas & System Limits” tab, check for “Current Usage percentage”..
If it reaches 100%, then you have reached your quota limits and hence the 429 Error.
If you think that there is any discrepancy, please DM me with a clear entire error message and Project ID to help us investigate further.
Thank you!
Thank you for your help. The API calls suddenly returned to normal about 2 hours ago. I think this might have been a minor bug on Google’s end.
Hello guys. Im getting the 429 error quota exceeded.
Im using gemini inside cline inside vscode. I’m currently paying the 20/month ai pro.
I was perfectly able to use without any problem BEFORE Antigravity came out.
I now want to go back to VSCODE, but I get this error. If I add a billing plan to my api, it works again, but I want to keep using “for free” (20/month)*
What can I do?
Thank you!
As you can see, the limit is far from being reached.
And this is the generative language api.
Sorry I cannot post several imagen in the same post.
