WARNING: All log messages before absl::InitializeLog() is called are written to STDERR E0000 00:00:1731955515.629532 17124 init.cc:229] grpc_wait_for_shutdown_with_timeout() timed out

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I’m getting this error suddenly when using the gemini-1.5-flash model.

It says
WARNING: All log messages before absl::InitializeLog() is called are written to STDERR
E0000 00:00:1731955515.629532 17124 init.cc:229] grpc_wait_for_shutdown_with_timeout() timed out.
there is no response being printed -

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Same Here. I am also facing the same problem.

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Welcome to the forums!

This seems pretty strange. Can you clarify what library you’re using and possibly show a sample code that is causing this error?

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I am also getting same warning, here is my code,

import google.generativeai as genai
genai.configure(api_key='')

model = genai.GenerativeModel("gemini-1.5-flash")
response = model.generate_content("Explain how AI works")
print(response.text)
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Hey @Sumit_Jadhav,

It looks intermittent error, working fine for me. Check if you are still facing the same issue.

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I am also facing the same issue when i am doing the Image analysis.
Infact i added an explicit timeout. But it looks like its not honoring that.

By the way I am using Experimental 1121 model.

response = model.generate_content(
[uploaded_file, “\n\n”, prompt],request_options={“timeout”: 240}
)

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Same issue.
With flash and exp-1121.
Interestingly, when I send the output (via print) to stdout I can read it and then I see the error but when I’m using Gemini’s response in a script it seems to not save the response due to the error.

(Didn’t do a full debug, but that’s what it seems like so far)

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+1 same issue here
WARNING: All log messages before absl::InitializeLog() is called are written to STDERR
E0000 00:00:1732664313.522866 17588 init.cc:229] grpc_wait_for_shutdown_with_timeout() timed out.

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Sure! Here are a few options:

  • Thanks for the heads up - I’ll check my code for similar issues.
  • I’m also seeing this error. Any ideas on how to fix it?
  • This seems to be a common problem. Hopefully, we can get a solution soon.
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Is there any resolution to this so far?

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Just by trying with very simple prompt in gemini-1.5-flash I’m getting the same error.

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pip install grpcio==1.67.1
This helped me from the situation.

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That worked for me too!
Any reason why this particular grpc version worked?

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Hello,

It seems like several users, including myself, have encountered the “grpc_wait_for_shutdown_with_timeout() timed out” error. I appreciate the suggestion to try installing grpcio==1.67.1. I’m going to give that a shot and see if it resolves the issue for me as well.

Thank you,
Mohd Ramlan

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Thank you very much!

Prev. env: Python 3.12.4, grpcio==1.68.1.
Downgraded to grpcio==1.67.1 which resolved the warning.

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Thank you very much! it works！

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thanks… worked here too.

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This solution is work，thanks！

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Thanks @nobuo_kawasaki! Specifying grpcio==1.67.1 fixed the gRPC timeout warning for me too. For anyone else encountering this issue in their project, here’s how I solved it using uv package manager with Python 3.12:

# pyproject.toml
dependencies = [
    "grpcio==1.67.1"  # This specific version resolves the timeout warning
]

This solves the “grpc_wait_for_shutdown_with_timeout() timed out” error without needing to downgrade Python or modify other dependencies. I’m using uv for virtual environment and package management - it works perfectly with this configuration.

Environment:

  • Python 3.12
  • uv package manager
  • Gemini API
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This did not work for me. It got rid of the warning message, but the service itself still does not work. If anything this is worse because it is failing more silently than before.