# Gemini 3.8 Flash Taking Forever in AI Studio **URL:** \ **Category:** Google AI Studio\ **Tags:** gemini-flash, rate-limits, bug, ai-studio, models\ **Created:** [September 20, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/gemini-3-8-flash-taking-forever-in-ai-studio/183861 "2026-09-20T18:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joshua\_Narinesingh](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/joshua_narinesingh/32/151464_2.png) [@Joshua\_Narinesingh](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Joshua_Narinesingh)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/gemini-3-8-flash-taking-forever-in-ai-studio/183861/1 "2026-09-20T18:55:05Z")
![1000014192](https://d3qe71uytubmmx.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/c/1c208c556eb5a372af8557799249bbbd735af0a4.png) Gemini 3.8 Flash is taking forever for prompts and frequently gets stuck in retryable errors over and over again. I’m consistently getting these errors when I try to develop my large project since Gemini 3.8 Flash runs up to errors at the worst time. And because of that, I have to restore the previous version of my app to reverse the broken changes the AI made. I’m on the free plan by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_Taylor](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/alex_taylor/32/150220_2.png) [@Alex\_Taylor](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Alex_Taylor)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/gemini-3-8-flash-taking-forever-in-ai-studio/183861/2 "2026-09-20T20:29:54Z")
This wont help much but you can find out whats happening You can put it in a bug report that goes directly to the right people Change to a different agent and ask it. Try something down the food chain ![IMG_1372](https://d3qe71uytubmmx.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/0/e0bf871761777c2af3d045dbf9bc21326974c0e6.jpeg) ![IMG_1371](https://d3qe71uytubmmx.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/b/3bb5e3793489052ead5f8b769cc4b72d935838f3.jpeg) When 3.8 just had the thinking icon the lightbulb with the spinning circle I clicked that icon and this is what it said ![IMG_1346](https://d3qe71uytubmmx.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/1/41116d6472e8a9e465b24364a8b9a981a0974cac.jpeg) Here is the thinking bubble i clicked on while it wad thinking thats the 7 second one and the question I asked and 3.8 response **Remember Google charges for by and for every millisecond of CPU time** Even if you are on a free tier or paid allowance its still tokens gobbed up ![IMG_1321](https://d3qe71uytubmmx.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/e/5ed8ba9a7872d12205e5cf7bc3b3a7e21ffe9374.jpeg) ![IMG_1322](https://d3qe71uytubmmx.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/9/f92fc4e81ad9b76cbd17321eb5b687a7327737d3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mahesh\_Sutar](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/mahesh_sutar/32/31644_2.png) [@Mahesh\_Sutar](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Mahesh_Sutar)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 8:01am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/gemini-3-8-flash-taking-forever-in-ai-studio/183861/3 "2026-09-21T08:01:01Z")
Hello @Joshua_Narinesingh , I have DM`ed you for more details . ---
**Author:** ![Mahesh\_Sutar](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/mahesh_sutar/32/31644_2.png) [@Mahesh\_Sutar](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Mahesh_Sutar)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/gemini-3-8-flash-taking-forever-in-ai-studio/183861/4 "2026-09-22T05:36:34Z")
Hello @Joshua_Narinesingh , When working on a large project in Build Mode, each turn resends the full conversation history—including previously attached images and tool outputs—and using Restore to revert changes appends to the chat history rather than shrinking its token footprint. To resolve this while keeping all of your workspace code files intact: Click the + (Start new chat) icon at the top of the Build Mode chat panel to begin a fresh chat session on your existing project files. Upload or attach only 1–2 screenshots at a time per prompt rather than batching multiple high-resolution images in a single turn. ---
**Author:** ![Joshua\_Narinesingh](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/joshua_narinesingh/32/151464_2.png) [@Joshua\_Narinesingh](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Joshua_Narinesingh)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/gemini-3-8-flash-taking-forever-in-ai-studio/183861/5 "2026-09-26T18:25:06Z")
Well, I’ve been using the new chat button multiple times. So yeah.