Gemini API RPD Limit Not Resetting After Upgrading to Paid Tier (Rate Limit Stuck)
15:40 05 Nov 2025

upgraded my Google AI Studio project to Paid Tier 1 today, but my daily rate limit (RPD) for the Gemini API is still stuck and not resetting. I cannot send any requests, even after waiting over 24 hours. The issue seems to be a synchronization failure after exceeding the free tier limit.

  1. I confirmed that my project is on Paid Tier 1 (screenshot of the billing status).

  2. The Rate Limit dashboard shows "Unlimited" RPD for models like Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite, but the requests still fail (429 Too Many Requests).

  3. I tried creating a new API key.

  4. I tried switching between Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash.

  5. I waited over 24 hours since the issue started.

    # I receive a 429 error when running this simple test:

    # [Paste a simple Python test code snippet or the full error traceback here]

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python google-cloud-platform rate-limiting google-cloud-billing google-cloud-api-keys