Another user with error 429 - maybe upgrade to higher tier?

Gemini API
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below is the error i get in my firebase studio for my web app. i have tried using brand new api keys, with new projects as teir 1 - yet, i get instant error 429 instantly - i listed the error below. for more information:

I’m specifically using Gemini 3.0 pro and Gemini 3.0 flash pro.

i do have billing linked but i don’t want to screen shot any sensitive information.

it’s happening on brand new projects/keys, immediate exhaustion even on first request

i attached a screenshot of the rate usage. this specific key, i just barely used and im already maxed out for TPM. i’ve barely done anything.

— IF anything, can we just upgrade me to tier 2 or 3? i have a lot of work left to do with the api key and it will take months to meet the criteria if i keep getting quota exhausted every 5 minutes of a new day.

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You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, head to: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limits.
* Quota exceeded for metric: generativelanguage.googleapis.com/generate_content_paid_tier_input_token_count, limit: 1000000, model: gemini-3-flash
Please retry in 45.850344301s.

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if i wasn’t clear, i could use some help on this? or am i in the wrong spot?

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Did you ever figure this out? I’m having the same issue

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There’s little hope, I’m on tier 3 and 70% of my api calls are failing with 429’s. Either Google’s infra is topped or they’re vibecoding their service.

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If you’re receiving 429’s and have checked no rate limit was breached for the period, please add your details to this form & we’ll check it out.