# Google AI Studio – Permission Denied Across Models, Usage Dashboard, and Project Creation

**URL:** <https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/google-ai-studio-permission-denied-across-models-usage-dashboard-and-project-creation/179650>\
**Category:** Google AI Studio\
**Tags:** models\
**Created:** [August 25, 2026, 4:12am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/google-ai-studio-permission-denied-across-models-usage-dashboard-and-project-creation/179650 "2026-08-25T04:12:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![zi\_wang](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/zi_wang/32/145305_2.png) [@zi\_wang](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/zi_wang)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 4:12am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/google-ai-studio-permission-denied-across-models-usage-dashboard-and-project-creation/179650/1 "2026-08-25T04:12:21Z")

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Hello Google AI Studio team,

I’m experiencing what appears to be an account-level permission issue with Google AI Studio.

My account has already completed age verification, and I am the **Owner** of my existing **Default Gemini Project**. The project is also currently on **Tier 1** with billing linked.

However, AI Studio consistently returns permission errors across multiple features:

1. In Playground / New Prompt:  
**“Failed to list models: permission denied. Please try again.”**
2. In the Usage dashboard:  
Usage statistics and token data fail to load, with a **Permission Denied** error.
3. In the Projects page:  
AI Studio displays:  
**“Permission denied. Please contact your project administrator for assistance.”**
4. When attempting to create a completely new project:  
**“Failed to create project: permission denied. Please try again.”**
5. I previously had an AI Studio access/eligibility issue and was redirected to the Available Regions page. I have since completed Google account age verification, and I can now enter AI Studio, but the permission errors described above remain.

I have also checked Google Cloud IAM. My Google account is listed as **Owner** of the Default Gemini Project, so this does not appear to be a standard project-level IAM issue.

Could you please check whether my Google account has an incorrect AI Studio/Gemini API entitlement, provisioning status, eligibility restriction, or other account-level flag?

I can provide my **Google Cloud Project ID, Project Number, screenshots, billing information, and other diagnostic information privately** if needed.

Thank you for your help.

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**Author:** ![Payal\_Sharma2](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/payal_sharma2/32/31911_2.png) [@Payal\_Sharma2](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Payal_Sharma2)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/google-ai-studio-permission-denied-across-models-usage-dashboard-and-project-creation/179650/2 "2026-08-26T07:32:42Z")

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HI @zi_wang, Can you share screenshots of the same to help us understand the issue better?