HTTP 429 Too Many Requests / Quota Exceeded

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I’m a AI Pro subscriber. I try to create an app to do Google grounding search for marketing competitive information for any product.

As you can see from the chart below, there’s almost no API usage, but I’m constantly getting 429 error. Is this a server issue? I’m giving a class in few days using AI Studio and I’m really worry now! :persevering_face: Any quick fix on this topic?

My project name: projects/6712090587..
My project ID: 6712090587..

Here is the error message in AI Studio:

Error in /api/search-grounding: ApiError: {“error”:{“code”:429,“message”:“You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, head to: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limits. To monitor your current usage, head to: https://ai.dev/rate-limit. “,“status”:“RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED”,“details”:[{”@type”:“type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.Help",“links”:[{“description”:"Learn more about Gemini API quotas”,“url”:“https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limits”}]}]}}

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Hello @Stonez56 ,

  • Google AI Pro plans apply only to the AI Studio web interface and do not upgrade Gemini API projects.
  • Grounding with Google Search on Gemini 3 models requires a Paid Tier project and is unavailable on the Free Tier.
  • Link a Google Cloud Billing account to your project at AI Studio Billing to upgrade to a paid tier and use search grounding through the API.