# I'm facing with the Gemini API 429 RESOURCE\_EXHAUSTED

**URL:** <https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/im-facing-with-the-gemini-api-429-resource-exhausted/106391>\
**Category:** Gemini API\
**Tags:** gemini-flash, api-key\
**Created:** [September 25, 2025, 8:39am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/im-facing-with-the-gemini-api-429-resource-exhausted/106391 "2025-09-25T08:39:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![user2860](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/user2860/32/65747_2.png) [@user2860](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/user2860)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 8:39am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/im-facing-with-the-gemini-api-429-resource-exhausted/106391/1 "2025-09-25T08:39:25Z")

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I am writing to report a persistent issue I’m facing with the Gemini API. All my requests to the `https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-2.5-pro:generateContent` endpoint are failing with a `429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED` error.

I believe this is not related to my personal usage quota for the following reasons:

1. **Error on an Inactive Key:** My original API key, which I had not used for several days, started receiving this error. Given that the daily quota should have been reset, this was unexpected.

2. **Error on a Brand-New Key:** To troubleshoot, I created a new API key using a completely different Google account. However, the very first request using this new key also failed with the exact same error.

Because the issue persists even on a newly generated key that has never been used, it leads me to believe this might be an internal issue within Google’s systems rather than a problem of me exceeding my request limits.

Could you please investigate the root cause of this error? I would like to understand why both my inactive and brand-new keys are being rate-limited.

Below is the full error message for your reference:

JSON

```auto
{
    "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.",
        "status": "RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED"
    }
}

```

Thank you for your time and assistance.

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**Author:** ![Tinku](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/tinku/32/41657_2.png) [@Tinku](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Tinku)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/im-facing-with-the-gemini-api-429-resource-exhausted/106391/2 "2025-09-25T09:05:53Z")

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I posted earlier about the [429 RESOURCE\_EXHAUSTED](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/resource-exhausted-receiving-429-error-despite-staying-within-free-token-rpd-rpm-limits/106355) error I’ve been facing for the last few days when using the **Gemini API**. Unfortunately, I haven’t received any solution yet.

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**Author:** ![Tinku](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/tinku/32/41657_2.png) [@Tinku](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Tinku)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 9:14am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/im-facing-with-the-gemini-api-429-resource-exhausted/106391/3 "2025-09-25T09:14:59Z")

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the problem is happening with the **Gemini 2.5 family** models (`gemini-2.5-pro`, `gemini-2.5-flash`, `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`), while **`gemini-1.5-flash`** is still working fine.

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**Author:** ![Krish\_Varnakavi1](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/krish_varnakavi1/32/56962_2.png) [@Krish\_Varnakavi1](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Krish_Varnakavi1)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/im-facing-with-the-gemini-api-429-resource-exhausted/106391/5 "2025-09-25T19:08:03Z")

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Hi @user2860, @Tinku

Welcome to the Google AI Forum! 🎊 🎊

Can you share your tier information?

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**Author:** ![jimpanse1337](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/jimpanse1337/32/78244_2.png) [@jimpanse1337](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/jimpanse1337)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/im-facing-with-the-gemini-api-429-resource-exhausted/106391/7 "2026-01-09T20:46:58Z")

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@Krish_Varnakavi1 - I mentioned this on another thread too. This is still happening for the 3 Pro & Flash models