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Gemini is way too hot right now (quota exceeded on Free tier) does not respect given time #41740
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While the extended message shows the following, Opencode attempts with the normal exponential backoff starting at 1s, instead of, well, 45.
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.
To monitor your current usage, head to: https://ai.dev/rate-limit.
* Quota exceeded for metric: generativelanguage.googleapis.com/generate_content_free_tier_input_token_count
limit: 250000, model: gemini-3.5-flash. Please retry in 45.14551691s.
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1.18.16
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Steps to reproduce
- Use Gemini, preferably on Free tier
- Ask it to do loads of tool calls etc to waste tokens/requests
- Notice that its not respecting the provided rate limit reset timer
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Arch Linux (btw)
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Zed (not the agents panel, but using the TUI inside the Terminal)
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github-actions commentedon Aug 11, 2026
This issue might be a duplicate of or closely related to existing issues. Please check:
retry-afterheader values and retries indefinitely — overlapping concern about the retry schedule not honouring provider-supplied wait times.github-actions commentedon Oct 12, 2026
To stay organized issues are automatically closed after 60 days of no activity. If the issue is still relevant please open a new one.