API rate limits don’t reset. We are tier 3 and use Gemini in production. We have spikes in traffic and sometimes we get close or at maximum TPM/RPM. TPMs remain locked at maximum level for days and weeks without any reset. By definition, TPM quota should reset every minute. Same problem with RPM an…

API Rate limits don't reset as per definition

juztin January 31, 2026, 2:52pm 3

Agreed completely. My TPM has been maxed out since yesterday and still has not reset. I keep seeing things online that it resets at midnight PT but it didn’t reset then either.

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