Error 429 URL_REJECTED-REJECTED_CLIENT_CAPABILITY

Gemini API
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I use make .com to call the Gemini API to transcribe audio and video into text. I don’t make more than 2 calls per minute, and the Make scenario often goes several minutes without making any calls at all. Last week, some calls were getting a 429 error, which didn’t worry me too much, but since Thursday or Friday, every single request results in a 429 URL_REJECTED-REJECTED_CLIENT_CAPABILITY error. We also tried creating a new project and a new API key, but the 429 error occurs in both cases as well. I can’t find any articles or help regarding my issue. When I ask Gemini for a solution, it mostly talks about rate limits and billing. However, I haven’t hit any limits, and there are funds in the account we use. Our API keys are Tier 2.

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PS : We tried with other links from another host and got the same error. We use links that end with .mp3.

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I wonder if your experiencing the same issue I just had to resolve today.

Sometime in the last 2 or 3 days they broke external file uris.

AI Studio returning 429s when using https external links but they worked perfectly using files API links.

Does your issue resolve if you download then upload the file instead of providing the link?

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Sorry for not responding earlier. I tested several things and even contacted our host to see if the issue could be coming from their side. Indeed, if I download or upload to Google to get their link, it works, but unfortunately that is not a long-term solution for us. We are using another service instead of the Gemini API in the meantime, but we would like to switch back and use our workflow again.