Request for Manual Review - 403 PERMISSION_DENIED: Project Denied Access

Gemini API
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Hello Google Gemini API Team,

I am requesting a manual review of my Gemini API access. My API requests are returning the following error: 403 PERMISSION_DENIED: Your project has been denied access. Please contact support.

In Google AI Studio, my Billing Tier also shows as “Unavailable”.

I have already confirmed the following:

  • Age verification is complete on my Google account.

  • A recovery phone number is registered.

  • 2-Step Verification is enabled.

  • I have tried creating a new Google Cloud project and generating a fresh API key, but the 403 error persists on the new project as well.

This appears to be an account-level flag. I am trying to use the API for development via a VS Code extension. Could someone please manually review my account and restore Free Tier access?

Thank you.

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Hello @NajamAriyanGujjar ,

It seems like your projects are flagged by automated account security checks. To unblock this error, you should consider upgrading to a paid plan. You could add prepayment credits directly in Google AI Studio and/ or by attaching an active billing account in the Google Cloud Console.