NEED HELP URGENTLY! I’m experiencing the same issue with Gemini 2.5 Flash on my client’s Paid Tier 1.
Setup:
- 5 separate Google Cloud projects, all Tier 1, IDs below:
- gen-lang-client-0252…
- gen-lang-client-097128…
- gen-lang-client-016818…
- gen-lang-client-077811…
- gen-lang-client-099993…
- All projects under the same billing account with Paid Tier 1
- Using gemini-2.5-flash for YouTube video URL analysis
What happens:
- All 5 API keys return 429 “Resource has been exhausted” within milliseconds of each other
- Dashboard shows we’re well under limits:
- RPD: 1.13K / 10K (11% used)
- TPM: 687K / 1M (69% used)
- RPM: 14 / 1K (1.4% used)
Evidence from logs:
02:47:20,369 - Key 2 → 429 Resource exhausted
02:47:20,495 - Key 3 → 429 Resource exhausted (126ms later)
02:47:20,614 - Key 4 → 429 Resource exhausted (119ms later)
All 5 keys exhausted within ~250ms
Questions:
- What is the actual fix? The Dec 18, 2025 fix mentioned in other threads didn’t resolve this. NEED HELP URGENTLY as this is a PRODUCTION app for a client.
- Is there a hidden video/YouTube URL quota not shown in the dashboard?
- Do multiple projects under one billing account actually share quota?
Please help! Thank you.