Error 429 Resource Exhausted on paid tier 1 when the limits are actually not hit

It’s been very annoying experience using the API for anything. it’s happening for every model.
Gemini 3 flash, pro, Gemini 2.5 pro from last couple of weeks. I am beyond frustrated at this point.

If it was a temporary problem it is fine, but it is happening from several weeks everyday.

My guess is they are making the 5xx or 503 errors to seem like 429 errors to cover up the down time. hope they will figure this out

{
  "status": 429,
  "body": [
    {
      "error": {
        "code": 429,
        "message": "Resource has been exhausted (e.g. check quota).",
        "status": "RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Hi @suspectpossible , Thanks for reaching out to us.

We apologize for the inconvenience. Could you please provide the project number (not the project ID) via direct message ?