Hi all, I’m hoping someone from the Google AI Studio team can help, or that another developer has seen this. My billing account (ID: 0158D3-B321CB-22D848, ASKIE KIDS AI LIMITED) was on Paid Tier 3 and has been downgraded to Paid Tier 1 without any notification or action on my end. This has paused …

@Mustan_lokhand A lot of people are facing this same issue again today - please have a look - really really troubling for people including me - gen-lang-client-03440024..

I am having the same issue. In my case, Tier 1 is not upgrading automatically.

Hello AI Studio Team, I am experiencing a backend sync issue where my project has been downgraded to Tier 1. Scan Gemini API Key Project Name and Number: 4241621988.. Billing Account ID: 015B7E-4970AE-C95… Current Status: The error banner “Project has been downgraded” only appears inside …

Hello @Mustan_lokhand I have the same issue. I’ve been downgraded from Tier 3 (thousands of dollars of spend, no failed payments) to Tier 1 multiple times at this point. Every time it causes service interruptions and I’ve found no way to prevent it. It always resolves itself within a few hours, whe…

Happened to me today, on pre-pay mode. Sudden downgrade from tier 3 to tier 1 - prepaid balance of 1300€ in the billing account. Now lasting for 8h… earlier downgrades were only 1h… Production down - backup in place. Need a fix please!

hi @Pol_Burkardt_Freire happy its fixed now @Alexander_Bartscher can you share more details with me via DM ( Billing ID , project ID )

Hello, Same here, healthy tier 3 account no incodents, used it porduction… Now tier 1 from tier 3. It’s damaging paying customers… any one can help? Thank you

[Urgent] Billing account downgraded from Tier 3 to Tier 1 unexpectedly — service paused

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Pol_Burkardt_Freire August 19, 2026, 6:16pm 8

Switching to pre-pay mode fixed the issue.

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[Urgent] Billing account downgraded from Tier 3 to Tier 1 unexpectedly — service paused

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