Error 429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED while we have not even used 1 token

"I want to use this platform to express my strong protest against Google support.

We purchased the Google Pro account to be able to use batch processing. We proceeded according to the mentioned restrictions https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limits#batch-api. 3 million tokens for gemini2.5-flash.

First protest: There is no place to monitor and check Enqueued tokens. There should be a place that tells me how many of these Enqueued tokens I have.

Main protest: I first used batch sizes of 1000, which had about 2.5 million Enqueued tokens and encountered the mentioned error for some requests. Then I reduced the batch size to 500 and now to 250, which I’m sure the Enqueued tokens don’t even reach 700 thousand.

Now there is no special place to protest, and I am very angry and upset about this policy that leaves the customer alone after payment.

Tell me what I should do now?

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Hello, I’m facing exact same issue.

Hi @Alireza_Haghi ,

Go to GCP console and click APIs & Services. Under Metric, search and select Generative Language API. Under Quotas & System Limits tab, check for Current Usage percentage.

If it reaches 100%, then you have reached your quota limits and hence the 429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED Error.

If you think that there is any discrepancy, please share the exact error message and Project number via direct message to help us investigate further.

Thank you @Sonali_Kumari1 for the follow-up. I believe this is the page you mentioned. I have checked every detail here, but the values are all zeros. I even sorted the data by ‘Current usage percentage’, yet nothing is anywhere near the threshold. We haven’t been able to fetch any results for over 10 days now.

I earnestly ask for a practical solution as this situation has become a major bottleneck for us. It is quite disappointing that we’ve been unable to use the service for so long without being provided with any clear explanation or documentation to diagnose the problem. This level of support is not what we expected.

@Sonali_Kumari1
As you can see, we couldn’t use anything, not even a single request, in the previous days. Our usage has been zero for the past few days.

Hi @Alireza_Haghi , We apologize for the inconvenience. Could you please provide the project number (not the project ID) via direct message if you have not yet done so?

Yes, of course
It seems I can not message you in direct so i send it here.

a note: another model (flash3-preview) is fine but my usage is on flash2.5

Hi @Alireza_Haghi , We truly appreciate you flagging this issue and apologize for the issues. We have escalated this issue to our internal team for further investigation.

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Hi @Alireza_Haghi , A fix has been pushed that should resolve the problem. Please let us know if you are still experiencing any issues.

hi @Sonali_Kumari1
We have been promoted to tier 2. At the moment, 429 is gone, but I don’t know whether the actual problem is fixed or only changing the tier has bypassed the problem.
I think you should investigate this scenario. I’ve heard many complaints about the 429 error.

Thank you.

@Sonali_Kumari1

We are also facing severe 429 error spikes, while the quotas you mentioned 0 usage. We are facing this for Gemini-3-Flash

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I’m tier 3 and I’m getting 429 all day without even making a dent in my quota. Work days, weekends, morning, daytime, night time it’s all the same experience.

Also the quota reported in AIStudio doesn’t reset as per the definition. Once the TPM reached a threshold it stays there for weeks.

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HI @Shreyansh_Bardia and @vicpara could you provide me with you project number via DM.

How can I DM you, DMs seem to be missing here.

I’ve only started working with Gemini today and I’m here.

Same here. How does one DM you?

Same 429 error and 502 error issues here. How can I DM you?

exact same problem, @Sonali_Kumari1

i encounter some consecutive issues related to this one, so I opened another topic for that
Please check it out: Batch api result for large requests and expired jobs - Gemini API - Google AI Developers Forum
I think you would encounter those issues as well. please like it and help it to get seen.

That error is back AGAIN!!! with 0 rate limit