keep getting HTTP 429 Too Many Requests error

[michaellifly]

does free account work or not?

windows vscode. try to login with openai api key . free account

Too many requests try again later. (HTTP 429 Too Many Requests) Potential reasons:

You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details
You are sending requests too quickly
The engine is currently overloaded, please try again later.
See https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/error-codes for more details. ChatGPT error 429: {
"error": {
"message": "You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details.",
"type": "insufficient_quota",
"param": null,
"code": null
}
}

[timkmecl]

Free accounts work if you still have the initial free credits (meaning you've spent less than 18$ and the account is not older than 3 months). After that is gone, you unfortunately have to pay, since using the API costs 0.002$/1k tokens.

[michaellifly]

Free accounts work if you still have the initial free credits (meaning you've spent less than 18$ and the account is not older than 3 months). After that is gone, you unfortunately have to pay, since using the API costs 0.002$/1k tokens.

does that mean I have to upgrade to ChatGPT PlusUSD $20/mo . why i am able to get response through web?

[driverajr42]

I have the same issue. Cannot use my api key at all without getting this error. What worked for me was by going to ChatGPT settings. Under the Chatgpt: Method, change to 'Use Browser Integration.' Logged in using one of my google accounts, and now ChatGPT seems to me working.