I am unable to use Gemini Code Assist in VS Code with my personal Gmail account

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I am unable to use Gemini Code Assist in VS Code with my personal Gmail account

Problem: Every time I sign in to the Gemini Code Assist extension in VS Code, it automatically sets an inaccessible Google Cloud project ID in the setting. This happens immediately after authentication, without any action on my part.

Error message displayed:

“The set project ID (liquid-point-kpxkk) was invalid, or the current account lacks permission to view it.”

What I have verified:

  • The project does NOT appear anywhere in my Google Cloud Console

  • I have NO permissions to access this project (confirmed via direct URL and gcloud CLI)

  • This project ID is not stored locally — it comes from the server response to cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com/v1internal:loadCodeAssist

  • I have tried: clearing all local caches, deleting state.vscdb, reinstalling the extension, using a clean VS Code instance — the phantom project always returns after login

  • Other Google accounts work fine with Gemini Code Assist

Account details:

  • Account

  • Account type: personal Gmail (not Google Workspace)

  • Subscription: Google One / Google AI Pro

  • OS: Windows 11

  • VS Code extension version: 2.75.0

Root cause (based on community research): This appears to be a known server-side issue where the account has a stale cloudaicompanionProject binding to a phantom project. Similar reports: https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/116393

Request: Please reset the server-side cloudaicompanionProject binding for account so the extension correctly routes to the individuals/AI Pro flow without requiring a Cloud project.

Thank you.