Is Gemini-2.5-pro disabled for free-tier?

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Hello!

I am writing to report an issue with model availability in Google AI Studio.

The gemini-2.5-pro model no longer appears as available under my usage limits. I was successfully making API requests with this model just last week, and as recently as yesterday, everything was working normally.

However, as of today, the model has disappeared from the list. This issue persists even when I click to show ‘all models’ in the ‘Usage and billing’ section.

Could someone please advise on this? Is this a known issue, or has the model been intentionally removed/restricted from the free usage tier?

Thank you for your assistance.

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It’s just like any of their changes. It’s always sneaky. They removed it even from rate limits page and didn’t say anything. Safe to assume there won’t be anymore 2.5 Pro.

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They removed pro and gave you a limit of 20 uses of Flash.

Complete and utter trash change they need to revert this asap.

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This is so disgusting. No blog post. No email warning. No “heads up, we’re changing the terms.”

From flash 250 RPD to 20 => App unusable

Disgusting

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They are greedy as hell. If God exists, they surely will pay.:oncoming_fist:

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This type of behaviour (lack of transparency) is exactly why I moved away from Openai and have been reccomeneding Gemini nonstop to colleagues as an alternative.

It’s a huge shame that Google has decided to head in the same direction.