URGENT: The cost of API access has increased since March 16-17, 2026

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same for me here, at the same date ! :

Gemini API costs skyrocketed overnight (x4 in 3 days)

[image] The blue spike is Gemini 3 Flash (unexplained cost explosion), and the orange is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview (forced migration from 2.5 Flash Lite, which also comes with a massive price increase). Hi everyone, I’m experiencing a sudden and unexplained cost explosion with Gemini 3 Flash Preview (gemini-3-flash-preview) over the last few days. My setup Several production apps using the Gemini API for image analysis Thinking is explicitly disabled (thinking: false) Each call…

For me its still output token, literaly a x6 cost increase out of nowhere.

GOOGLE FIX IT ASAP + REFUND IN CREDITS.

ITS NOT THE 1ST TIME WTF ARE YOU DOING