Wrongful 429 TooManyRequests on Free Tier (gemini-2.5-flash-image) with near-zero usage

Issue: > I am receiving immediate 429 TooManyRequests errors when trying to call the gemini-2.5-flash-image model via API.

Context:

  • Model: gemini-2.5-flash-image (Free Tier)

  • Location: Canada (so this is not an EEA/UK geo-blocking issue)

  • Usage: As you can see in the attached screenshot, I have made less than 20 total API requests today, and only 3

    requests specifically to this model. I am nowhere near the 500 RPD or 10 RPM limits.

It appears my account or project is being incorrectly throttled. Could someone from the team take a look and remove the block?