Why Am I Getting a 429 Error From Gemini API?

[den1251]

Do they really think we wouldn't notice a 92% free tier quota?

I honestly don’t know what’s going on at Google/DeepMind right now, but this latest move is absolute amateur hour. I logged in today to find that the Free Tier limit for Gemini Flash has been slashed from 250 RPD (Requests Per Day) down to 20 RPD. Let that sink in. 20. That is a >10x reduction overnight. No blog post. No email warning. No “heads up, we’re changing the terms.” Just a silent rug-pull that effectively bricks anyone currently developing or testing on the free tier. The “Bait and…