Request to restore AIza API key generation

Gemini API
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Hello Google AI Developer Support Team,

I am writing to request the restoration of my account’s ability to generate standard “AIza” format API keys in Google AI Studio and Google Cloud Console.

[Issue]
All API keys generated under my account are now forced to have the “AQ.” prefix.
When I attempt to use these “AQ.” keys to call the Google AI SDK (using the google-genai Python library) against the generativelanguage.googleapis.com endpoint, they consistently fail with a 401 Unauthorized error:

“401 UNAUTHENTICATED. Expected OAuth 2 access token, login cookie or other valid authentication credential. (ACCESS_TOKEN_TYPE_UNSUPPORTED)”

[Account Details]
For security and privacy reasons, I prefer not to share my email address and Project ID in this public thread.
If a Google staff member or moderator can assist me, please let me know or send me a Direct Message (DM), and I will gladly provide my Account Email and Project ID privately.

[Background]
I believe my account may have been incorrectly flagged or restricted by the automated security scanner. I have fully secured my environment and will strictly manage my credentials using local environment variables (.env files).

Could you please review my account and restore the ability to generate standard, functioning “AIza” API keys?

Thank you very much for your time and assistance.

Best regards,

ful

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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!