Account restricted from generating AIza API keys — only AQ. tokens generated

Hello Google AI Developer Support Team,
I am writing to report an issue with my Google account that is preventing me from generating standard Gemini API keys (AIza…) in Google AI Studio.

Account email: [g…@gmail.com]

Issue: All newly created API keys across all my projects only generate AQ. prefix tokens instead of the standard AIza format. This started recently without any action on my part.

I have tried:

  • Creating keys in multiple existing projects
  • Creating brand new Google Cloud projects
  • Deleting and regenerating keys

None of these attempts produce an AIza prefix key.

The AQ. tokens do not work with Gemini CLI authentication (GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable).

Request:
Please restore my account’s ability to generate standard AIza format API keys.

Thank you.

Hi! Did this work? This is happening to me too.