Bug Report: 429 Resource Exhausted (MODEL_CAPACITY_EXHAUSTED) in Gemini CLI

[zhangtaile]

What happened?

I am use Gemini Pro account login, but keep met the following "Resource Exhausted" issue. if i use API key login, then dont have this issue.

How to check if my account be flagged abuse?

{
 "error": {
   "code": 429,
   "message": "No capacity available for model gemini-3.1-pro-preview on the server",
   "errors": [
     {
       "message": "No capacity available for model gemini-3.1-pro-preview on the server",
       "domain": "global",
       "reason": "rateLimitExceeded"
     }
   ],
   "status": "RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED",
   "details": [
     {
       "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.ErrorInfo",
       "reason": "MODEL_CAPACITY_EXHAUSTED",
       "domain": "cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com",
       "metadata": {
         "model": "gemini-3.1-pro-preview"
       }
     }
   ]
 }
}

What did you expect to happen?

no 429 isse.

Client information

Client Information

Run gemini to enter the interactive CLI, then run the /about command.

> /about
# paste output here
 > /about

╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│                                                                                                                                                                     │
│ About Gemini CLI                                                                                                                                                    │
│                                                                                                                                                                     │
│ CLI Version                                              0.34.0                                                                                                     │
│ Git Commit                                               49a86550c                                                                                                  │
│ Model                                                    gemini-3.1-pro-preview                                                                                     │
│ Sandbox                                                  no sandbox                                                                                                 │
│ OS                                                       linux                                                                                                      │
│ Auth Method                                              Signed in with Google (zhangtl@gmail.com)                                                                  │
│ Tier                                                     Gemini Code Assist in Google One AI Pro                                                                    │
│                                                                                                                                                                     │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Login information

Google Account: zhangtl@gmail.com

Anything else we need to know?

No response

[gemini-cli]

Found possible duplicate issues:

• google ultra code 429 #14831
• [BUG] Google One AI Pro: immediate 429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED on first Gemini CLI prompt, even in an empty directory #22639
• Gemini CLI returns 429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED on Google AI Pro account after full local reset #22545
• I'm a Google One Ultra subscriber and I frequently encounter this error. #15186
• API Error: 429 over and over #10722
• Gemini CLI *Unuseable* as a PAID subscriber. #12216
• ✕ [API Error: [{ "error": { "code": 429, "message": "Resource exhausted. Please try again later. Please refer to https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/error-code-429 for more details.", "errors": [ { "message": "Resource exhausted. Please t #14811
• [API Error: Resource has been exhausted (e.g. check quota).] #19976
• It's tedious and frustrating that I can't use GEMINI due to constant API errors in the latest version. #10717
• Constant 'RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED' errors #10889

If you believe this is not a duplicate, please remove the status/possible-duplicate label.

[zhangtaile]

I dont think it is client side issue. Seems my gemini acount be flagged abused. Do you know where to reported this issue to google?

[zhangtaile]

more details

> /stats session
╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│                                                                                                                                                                     │
│  Session Stats                                                                                                                                                      │
│                                                                                                                                                                     │
│  Interaction Summary                                                                                                                                                │
│  Session ID:                 2207b030-617d-458c-a1d5-a949b13f406b                                                                                                   │
│  Auth Method:                Signed in with Google (zhangtl@gmail.com)                                                                                              │
│  Tier:                       Gemini Code Assist in Google One AI Pro                                                                                                │
│  Tool Calls:                 26 ( ✓ 24 x 2 )                                                                                                                        │
│  Success Rate:               92.3%                                                                                                                                  │
│  User Agreement:             100.0% (24 reviewed)                                                                                                                   │
│  Code Changes:               +80 -16                                                                                                                                │
│                                                                                                                                                                     │
│  Performance                                                                                                                                                        │
│  Wall Time:                  2h 36m 32s                                                                                                                             │
│  Agent Active:               58m 24s                                                                                                                                │
│    » API Time:               15m 57s (27.3%)                                                                                                                        │
│    » Tool Time:              42m 26s (72.7%)                                                                                                                        │
│                                                                                                                                                                     │
│  Model                   Reqs    Model usage                 Usage resets                                                                                           │
│  ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────                                                                                   │
│  gemini-2.5-flash-lite      3    ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬    1%  2:29 PM (21h 23m)                                                                                      │
│  gemini-3.1-pro-preview    52    ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬    8%  3:41 PM (22h 36m)                                                                                      │
│  gemini-3-flash-preview    18    ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬    3%  2:29 PM (21h 23m)                                                                                      │
│  gemini-2.5-flash           -    ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬    3%  2:29 PM (21h 23m)                                                                                      │
│  gemini-2.5-pro             -    ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬    8%  3:41 PM (22h 36m)                                                                                      │
│  gemini-3.1-flash-lite-…    -    ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬    1%  2:29 PM (21h 23m)                                                                                      │
│                                                                                                                                                                     │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
> /stats model
╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│                                                                                                                                                                     │
│  Auto (Gemini 3) Stats For Nerds                                                                                                                                    │
│                                                                                                                                                                     │
│  Auth Method:                Signed in with Google (zhangtl@gmail.com)                                                                                              │
│  Tier:                       Gemini Code Assist in Google One AI Pro                                                                                                │
│                                                                                                                                                                     │
│  Metric                      gemini-2.5-flash-lite                       gemini-3.1-pro-preview                       gemini-3-flash-preview                        │
│  ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────  │
│  API                                                                                                                                                                │
│  Requests                    3                                           52                                           18                                            │
│  Errors                      0 (0.0%)                                    41 (78.8%)                                   0 (0.0%)                                      │
│  Avg Latency                 3.8s                                        14.8s                                        9.8s                                          │
│  Tokens                                                                                                                                                             │
│  Total                       17,722                                      183,826                                      361,323                                       │
│    ↳ Input                   16,380                                      62,571                                       146,619                                       │
│    ↳ Cache Reads             0 (0.0%)                                    106,343 (63.0%)                              207,894 (58.6%)                               │
│    ↳ Thoughts                1,050                                       11,968                                       3,527                                         │
│    ↳ Output                  292                                         2,944                                        3,283                                         │
│  Roles                                                                                                                                                              │
│  main                                                                                                                                                               │
│    ↳ Requests                -                                           52                                           18                                            │
│    ↳ Input                   -                                           62,571                                       146,619                                       │
│    ↳ Output                  -                                           2,944                                        3,283                                         │
│    ↳ Cache Reads             -                                           106,343                                      207,894                                       │
│  utility_router                                                                                                                                                     │
│    ↳ Requests                3                                           -                                            -                                             │
│    ↳ Input                   16,380                                      -                                            -                                             │
│    ↳ Output                  292                                         -                                            -                                             │
│    ↳ Cache Reads             0                                           -                                            -                                             │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

[cloutierjo]

I just had a similar issue, although with the free package. And now my account refuse to logging into gemini cli. It weirdly coincided with the fact that I opened up the google ai studio for the first time and accepting the terms in there yesterday like if activating that made my account require me to use api-key instead of only the Google auth

[aircrack-ng-debug]

I have also the Same Issue since 2 WEEKS, ON 2 ACCOUNTS

[flavioinbox]

+1