[Screenshot_186] This happened just a few mintues ago. We keep our API key in Google Secrets manager. I have deleted the api key since, and trying to figure out if this is on my end. Can someone check if this might be something on google’s end? Also where is the best to reach out to Google supp…

Was the problem solved throughout GC? $25/1mio Tok’s is ridiculous! Which model?:skull: Was the vertex ai api in gcc ‘enabled’?

Seems to be still happening… [screenshot]

Hey Logan, thanks for this update. Quick question: I was told that a refund would take 2-3 days, and it has currently been 7 days since this error in your billing system has occurred. Can you please provide a real estimate of when we can expect the refund, issue to be resolved, and the credit to ou…

I have a similar question: when can I safely resume using the Gemini API? Due to this billing issue, I had to delete all my projects and lock my Visa card out of caution. I’m currently hesitant to create a new project. Additionally, I need to know when the threshold charged on my Visa card will be…

Here is the support team’s reply. [image]

[image] adding an image of my threshold charge here as well.

A similar billing bug is occurring with Gemini 2.5 Pro. [image] [CRITICAL-BUG] Massive Overbilling by Gemini API (Over $70k), Charges Still Increasing by $10k Daily Even After Deleting All API Keys Gemini API To all developers using the Gemini API, I am writing to share …

It seems to be caused when the API throws an error (it is doing this sproadically) and then goes into an ongoing loop. You can see from the logs below that what should have been a ~30 second call, is going on for hours. In this case it was looping for 135696 seconds or 37 hours 41 minutes!! [image…

Thank you very much, this was very helpful in explaining this to Google billing support.

I was treated similarly, but they finally acknowledged my issue after I provided them with the following information. Inform them that there is a Gemini billing bug. A bug in the billing system is causing erroneous charges on ‘Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Image Generation’ for some users. All such cha…

Gemini API cost suddenly skyrocketed

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adding an image of my threshold charge here as well.

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