Hi google team,
I recently set up a billing account for my Google AI Studio project to use the Pay-as-you-go tier, but I am entirely blocked from using it due to quota errors.
The Issue:
Whenever I attempt to run prompts using the paid tier (such as Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview on “Max mode”), I immediately receive a “Quota limits exceeded” or “Quota exceeded. Please try again later.” error.
However, if I switch back to the Free tier, it works perfectly fine. It appears my project is stuck on the free-tier backend routing despite having an active billing account linked.
Account Details:
Time since billing was enabled: Over 6 hours ago
Troubleshooting Already Attempted:
Verified billing is active and linked to the correct project (AI Studio recognizes it enough to show “Max mode”).
Tested in an Incognito/Private browsing window to bypass cache.
Toggled between free and paid models multiple times.
Added/refreshed API keys and secrets.
Waited 6+ hours to allow for any backend propagation delays.
Could an engineer please look into my Project ID and manually sync my paid status?
Thank you!