All saved AI Studio snapshots stuck , not loading API – only very first (basic) snapshot still boots (GenLive API)

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What happened & when

12 June 2025 – While the worldwide Google Cloud / Cloudflare outage was unfolding, every one of my AI Studio project versions still worked.

– I opened AI Studio, all versions booted.

  • Hit browser refresh once. From that moment on:
    The very first, minimal snapshot (just a canvas + base css still loads, all GenLive and APi disabled

no logs.

Why I’m sure it’s not the code

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|Download failing snapshot ➜ run locally (Node 20, same code, my own Gemini API key)|Works perfectly; Gemini responds; visualiser renders.|
|Swap model ID (gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17 ➜ gemini-1.5-pro-latest) inside AI Studio|No effect; preview still never connects.|
|While AI Studio’s code-assistant edited a file|Preview came up for ~10 s, then died after next save.|

Troubleshooting already done

  1. **Hard-reload with cache disabled
  2. Sign-out / sign-in and Incognito session.
  3. **Safari – identical behaviour.
  4. Duplicate project – copy inherits the same broken state.
  5. Command-palette “Restart sandbox” (when present) – no change.
  6. Token limits well below model max.

Symptom details

  • Preview pane message: “Preview disconnected” after ~30 s.
  • No “No Content” or safety warnings.
  • Palette sometimes lacks Restart sandbox; when it’s there, it reports success but preview still dead.
  • Logs panel empty; container never shows “Installing dependencies … Launching on port …”.
  • Only common difference between live vs. broken snapshots: the working one calls the default model; later ones hard-code gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17 (but model swap test rules that out).

My question

Has anyone recovered AI Studio snapshots that got wedged like this after a single page refresh?

  • Is there a hidden way to force AI Studio to discard the existing .webcontainer snapshot and rebuild from scratch for a given saved version?
  • Or is this a backend issue (orphaned pod / corrupt snapshot) that only Google Support can reset?

Any guidance appreciated – rebuilding all later versions by hand would be painful. Happy to provide project ID or x-request-id headers if Support needs them.

Thanks!
George

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Yeah having the same Problem. Not a single old Revision is loading, screen stays all white. No error, nothing.

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All my saved prototypes I made in Gemini Studio that I had in Google Drive no longer show any preview when I load them. Google says the services are back up but I can’t tell.

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So it definitely has something to do with GoogleGenAI.
Create a new App, it has GeminiServices integrated = Preview doesnt load. Remove it from the App = Preview works and loads.

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That’s what I am doing now, I created a new project, Uploaded all the Files/Folder in the exactly same structure, but the API is still not powering, In a new project

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Same problem here previews does not load.

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is this something that is going to be resolved?? I’m stuck with preview pane not showing anything

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i clone the repo and tested to remove the gemini api integration stuff and it works it renders

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where is possible to check the status of services? seems a problem still exist