Generate error: 429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED.

[jobin1209]

What happened?

the gemini model = gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview shows, 127.0.0.1 - - [14/Sep/2025 18:40:00] "OPTIONS /generate HTTP/1.1" 200 -
Generate error: 429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED. {'error': {'code': 429, 'message': 'You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, head to: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limits.', 'status': 'RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED', 'details': [{'@type': 'type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.QuotaFailure', 'violations': [{'quotaMetric': 'generativelanguage.googleapis.com/generate_content_free_tier_input_token_count', 'quotaId': 'GenerateContentInputTokensPerModelPerMinute-FreeTier', 'quotaDimensions': {'location': 'global', 'model': 'gemini-2.5-flash-preview-image'}}, {'quotaMetric': 'generativelanguage.googleapis.com/generate_content_free_tier_requests', 'quotaId': 'GenerateRequestsPerMinutePerProjectPerModel-FreeTier', 'quotaDimensions': {'location': 'global', 'model': 'gemini-2.5-flash-preview-image'}}, {'quotaMetric': 'generativelanguage.googleapis.com/generate_content_free_tier_requests', 'quotaId': 'GenerateRequestsPerDayPerProjectPerModel-FreeTier', 'quotaDimensions': {'model': 'gemini-2.5-flash-preview-image', 'location': 'global'}}]}, {'@type': 'type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.Help', 'links': [{'description': 'Learn more about Gemini API quotas', 'url': 'https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limits'}]}, {'@type': 'type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.RetryInfo', 'retryDelay': '55s'}]}}

on first attempt without hitting the request limit on free tier

What did you expect to happen?

I was expecting an image as output

Client information

i am using flask backend and typescript frontend, backend and frontend is working absolutely fine but quota limit error occur

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[gemini-cli]

The user is reporting a 429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED error, which falls under area/performance. This is categorized as a bug. The priority is set to P2 as it's a significant issue but may be related to the user's specific quota and not a widespread problem. Adding status/need-information as the user has not provided the output of /about or any version information. Could you please provide the output of the /about command?

[jobin1209]

python 3.12

[jobin1209]

more information about what

[gigachad80]

more information about what

Bro , it's a bot . Google's support team has been really disappointing when it comes to resolving issues. I'm not the only one experiencing this someone else is facing the exact same problem. You can see it in this thread: googleapis/python-genai#1329