Summary I’m seeing 503 UNAVAILABLE responses from the Gemini API on every request (100% repro) for one account/project. The same requests succeed immediately when I switch to another Google account (different project / API key). This makes it look account/project scoped rather than a temporary capa…

Gemini API returns 503 UNAVAILABLE for all requests on one account; works on another account

faisst May 6, 2026, 7:32pm 43

1 month and counting

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