Tried using Gemini Image model, via API, receiving 429 error stating “You exceeded your current quota,…”, . Entire message:
Gemini API error: 429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED. {‘error’: {‘code’: 429, ‘message’: ‘You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, head to: http s://a i .google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limits.’, ‘status’: ‘RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED’, ‘details’: [{‘@type’: ‘typ e.g oog leapis .co m/google.rpc.QuotaFailure’, ‘violations’: [{‘quotaMetric’: ‘generativelan guag e.googl eapis.c om/generate_content_free_tier_requests’, ‘quotaId’: ‘GenerateRequestsPerDayPerProjectPerM odel-FreeTier’, ‘q uotaDimensions’: {‘location’: ‘global’, ‘model’: ‘gemini-2.5-flash-preview-image’}}, {‘quotaMetric’: ‘generativelanguage.googlea pis.c o m/generate_content_free_tier_requests’, ‘quotaId’: ‘GenerateReques tsPerMinutePerProjectPerModel-FreeTier’, ‘quotaDimensions’: {‘location’: ‘global’, ‘model’: ‘gemini-2.5-flash-preview-image’}}, {‘quotaMetric’: ‘generativelanguage.googleapis.com/generate_content_free_tier_input_token_count’, ‘quotaId’: ‘GenerateContentInputTokensPerModelPerMinute-FreeTier’, ‘quotaDimensions’: {‘location’: ‘global’, ‘model’: ‘gemini-2.5-flash-preview-image’}}]}, {‘@type’: ‘com/goo gle.rpc.Help’, ‘links’: [{‘description’: ‘Learn more about Gemini API quotas’, ‘url’: ‘-api/docs/rate-limits’}]}, {‘@type’: ‘type.rpc.RetryInfo’, ‘retryDelay’: ‘22s’}]}}
It states i am on free tier model, but on google AI studio, it shows i am on tier 1:
Project number
Project name || API key || Created || Plan
…6103, … | | …3p1Y | | …2025 | | Tier 1Go to billingView usage data. (hided some info)
Not once i am able to generate image via this api, need some urgent fix for my personal project, or atleast some alternative. Have raised issue in billing support