# Getting 429 Errors - But Usage Charts Show no Traffic **URL:** \ **Category:** Gemini API\ **Tags:** api\ **Created:** [February 10, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488 "2025-02-10T22:10:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Steinbok](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/jeff_steinbok/32/41150_2.png) [@Jeff\_Steinbok](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Jeff_Steinbok)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/1 "2025-02-10T22:10:00Z")
Hello, For the past few days, I’m always getting 429 errors returned. “code”: 429, “message”: “Quota exceeded for quota metric ‘Generate Content API requests per minute’ and limit ‘GenerateContent request limit per minute for a region’ of service ‘[generativelanguage.googleapis.com](http://generativelanguage.googleapis.com)’ for consumer ‘project\_number:xyz’.”, But when I go look at my usage details, it’s showing next-to-no traffic, just the 429s. I have no idea where to go from here aside from making a new account. Anyone have any ideas? ![image](https://d3qe71uytubmmx.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/7/d75a9e3233d521fb02f91ea6e2de79ebdfeed28a.png) ---
**Author:** ![Jami\_Bailey](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/jami_bailey/32/31866_2.png) [@Jami\_Bailey](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Jami_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/2 "2025-02-10T22:33:25Z")
Your traffic by response code will not be a good indicator of your quota limits being reached at the API level. You will want to look specifically at your Gemini quotas. In google cloud console, select the project you have tied to the gemini API key, go to IAM & Admin, click on quotas & system limits, and once on this page, use the filter to enter in the word gemini. You will see your specific limits and usage. Note that the dimensions column will display the specific model for which those limits occur (so you will see every single model Google has, what the limits are for that model, and your usage of those limits). Next to the entry that is for the model you are using, is a little graph icon that allows you to see historical usage charts. Click on this and you should see something like the following: ![image](https://d3qe71uytubmmx.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/3/e3df5bc713b7665bd33ccd898b311942e02b892f.png) ---
**Author:** ![Matthias\_Hasler](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/matthias_hasler/32/41293_2.png) [@Matthias\_Hasler](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Matthias_Hasler)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/4 "2025-02-11T22:23:58Z")
![image](https://d3qe71uytubmmx.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/c/1c4de41594a76d61b55dcf7fce815587949f992d.png) Hey, I think I’m experiencing the same issue, since today. As you can see, my peak usage is lower than 1%. I can easily reproduce the error by sending 2 consecutive requests containing an image, and a prompt to extract JSON from the image. ---
**Author:** ![Matthias\_Hasler](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/matthias_hasler/32/41293_2.png) [@Matthias\_Hasler](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Matthias_Hasler)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/5 "2025-02-11T22:25:07Z")
![image](https://d3qe71uytubmmx.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/9/597672962e1dd5ae6872b025fb05a506ea1a577b.png) double posting because I’m limited to one image per comment ---
**Author:** ![Jami\_Bailey](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/jami_bailey/32/31866_2.png) [@Jami\_Bailey](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Jami_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/6 "2025-02-11T22:46:22Z")
Can you post the error code you are receiving back from the API call that’s failing? The following is a good resource on understanding the return errors but would be very strange if you are getting the same errors as OP under such little utilization. > **[Troubleshooting guide  |  Gemini API  |  Google AI for...](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/troubleshooting?lang=python)** ---
**Author:** ![Matthias\_Hasler](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/matthias_hasler/32/41293_2.png) [@Matthias\_Hasler](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Matthias_Hasler)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/7 "2025-02-11T23:09:18Z")
Here’s the error i get in python. Please tell me if you need me to intercept the HTTP google.api\_core.exceptions.ResourceExhausted: 429 Resource has been exhausted (e.g. check quota). ---
**Author:** ![Jami\_Bailey](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/jami_bailey/32/31866_2.png) [@Jami\_Bailey](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Jami_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/8 "2025-02-11T23:44:08Z")
That’s very strange. Are you certain this is a paid account? That’s very low usage for a paid account but would certainly be happening for a free account. I would just triple check this. Does it happen consistently or just randomly. I suspect Google is seeing your API requests as a free account tier with the low rate limits. Might need to reach out to them to verify and switch if you’re certain it’s a paid and you have a working CC in the billing section for this project in GCP. ---
**Author:** ![Matthias\_Hasler](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/matthias_hasler/32/41293_2.png) [@Matthias\_Hasler](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Matthias_Hasler)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/9 "2025-02-12T00:22:17Z")
As you can see the usage on this screenshot appears under paid tier one, and i didn’t see any usage for the free charts. Also I’ve been using those API keys both locally and in prod for months at this point. These issues started appearing on 2 unrelated GCP projects today. ---
**Author:** ![Jami\_Bailey](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/jami_bailey/32/31866_2.png) [@Jami\_Bailey](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Jami_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/10 "2025-02-12T00:37:09Z")
Yeah, I would call Google. I have never been rate limited on paid tier and some days I’m doing a couple hundred thousand calls ---
**Author:** ![Jami\_Bailey](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/jami_bailey/32/31866_2.png) [@Jami\_Bailey](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Jami_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/11 "2025-02-12T02:32:33Z")
Also, you mention that the screenshot says it’s the paid tier one. Your screenshot shows it’s using flash-1.5. flash 1.5 has a free tier and a paid tier. So just seeing flash 1.5 there doesn’t mean it’s paid. You will know if it’s paid by going to ai studio, click settings then click plan information. You will see something like this screenshot. ![1000001890](https://d3qe71uytubmmx.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/2/32665accb44bceb4b77b3f16b5d8c9c393ef31f1.png) ---
**Author:** ![Matthias\_Hasler](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/matthias_hasler/32/41293_2.png) [@Matthias\_Hasler](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Matthias_Hasler)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/12 "2025-02-12T02:50:20Z")
![1000028748](https://d3qe71uytubmmx.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/1271b7ea17adedcf3f87e51698fabf6b660c9b2d.jpeg) Yep I’m on the paid tier on all my projects. How would you recommend getting in touch with Google? Is GCP paid support the only option? ---
**Author:** ![bruce\_tsai](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/bruce_tsai/32/27905_2.png) [@bruce\_tsai](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/bruce_tsai)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/14 "2025-02-12T06:54:14Z")
We encountered the same issue. Our workaround involves using different prompts—placing some text in the system prompt and some in the user prompt. I’m not sure if this solution will work for every error case, but it’s definitely worth trying. ---
**Author:** ![Jami\_Bailey](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/jami_bailey/32/31866_2.png) [@Jami\_Bailey](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Jami_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 6:56am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/15 "2025-02-12T06:56:00Z")
Yeah, not sure, we have Google contract for GCP. You might be able to get away with submitting it as a billing support issue which is free. See: > **[Cloud Platform support - Google Cloud Platform Console Help](https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6282346?sjid=4969111229260175175-NA)** > > Google Cloud Platform offers a variety of ways to get support, including basic free support, billing support, paid support services, and community support. For information about the types of support w ---
**Author:** ![Mika\_Myrseth](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/mika_myrseth/32/41347_2.png) [@Mika\_Myrseth](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Mika_Myrseth)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 8:10am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/16 "2025-02-12T08:10:16Z")
I am also having an issue with this, using flash-2.0 on paid. It says peak usage is about 30/2000 request and 600k/4m tokens. I’m certain its a paid account, as I can see a of couple cents being spent. Getting 429 all over. ---
**Author:** ![Gunal](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/gunal/32/41352_2.png) [@Gunal](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Gunal)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/17 "2025-02-12T08:48:55Z")
Facing same issue from yesterday, did gemini reduce the number of requests per minute, not exactly sure about it, do anyone have any idea ? ![gemini-limit](https://d3qe71uytubmmx.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/4/041d12332f5047848f72b4a8f65687d4f1d326e2.png) ---
**Author:** ![Briam\_Santiago](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/briam_santiago/32/41379_2.png) [@Briam\_Santiago](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Briam_Santiago)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/19 "2025-02-12T12:39:48Z")
I’m having the same issue. Tried with two different Paid API keys. Doing 2 small request within a small interval will cause the 429 error. Very frustrating… ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Cheung](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/bruce_cheung/32/41392_2.png) [@Bruce\_Cheung](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Bruce_Cheung)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/21 "2025-02-12T14:00:54Z")
Yes, we got the same error too. We are using Google’s Gemini API through their OpenAI compatible endpoint, but has been getting 429 errors even if we send just 10 concurrent completions request. 100% sure our API keys and the gcp project associated with it has billing activate. ---
**Author:** ![Saumil\_Chandira](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/saumil_chandira/32/32173_2.png) [@Saumil\_Chandira](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Saumil_Chandira)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/22 "2025-02-12T18:05:29Z")
Getting the same error since last 2 days across Flash 1.5 and 2.0 ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Alan](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/not_alan/32/31666_2.png) [@Not\_Alan](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Not_Alan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/23 "2025-02-12T20:18:00Z")
Same here. I’m getting a lot of Error 429 with model gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp-01-21 but googles dashboard shows my API key as getting a lot of error 503 ---
**Author:** ![dragonrider](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/dragonrider/32/41465_2.png) [@dragonrider](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/dragonrider)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488/24 "2025-02-13T00:03:19Z")
I am also experiencing this with 2.0 Flash. [Next page](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/getting-429-errors-but-usage-charts-show-no-traffic/65488.md?page=2)