Issue generating standard API Key: Receiving restricted "AQ." token instead of "AIza"

Gemini API
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Hi Google AI Support Team,

I am currently encountering a system restriction preventing me from generating a standard API key on Google AI Studio.

I am building a personal Java web development project for self-study and need to integrate the Gemini API. However, whenever I try to generate a new API key, the system only outputs a restricted token starting with "AQ." instead of the standard "AIza..." format.

Because of this, my Java application cannot authenticate and throws the ACCESS_TOKEN_TYPE_UNSUPPORTED error when making HTTP requests to the Gemini endpoints.

Could you please review my account and help remove this restriction so I can generate a standard API key and continue my personal learning project?

Thank you for your time and support!

Best regards, Nhat

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We are moving away from Traffic keys (Alza) and towards a more secure Authentication Key (AQ). AI Studio will now only generate Authentication Key (AQ) keys. More information on key usage can be found in the Using Gemini API keys documentation.

Please submit any compatibility issues with services / SDKs etc. in this form for our engineering team to review. Thanks!