Error from provider (Console): OpenCode's free tier can only be used from within OpenCode #50366

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1. userhubgitia commented on Sep 21, 2026

   

   userhubgitia

   on Sep 21, 2026

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   Same issue here.

   Environment
   opencode version: 1.18.31
   app: Desktop (x-opencode-client: desktop)
   user-agent: opencode/1.18.31 ai-sdk/provider-utils/4.0.23 runtime/node.js/24
   OS: Windows
   requestedModel: big-pickle (provider opencode)
   stream: true, path /inference/openai/v1/chat/completions
   country: BR
   Details
   The request is sent from the official Desktop app and still gets rejected with HTTP 403:

   Generation.FreeTierError: OpenCode's free tier can only be used from within OpenCode
   The x-opencode-client: desktop, x-opencode-session and x-opencode-request-id headers are present, so the client is clearly identifiable as official OpenCode. It behaves exactly like an external/curl request with a wrong User-Agent.

   Reproduction: authenticate in Desktop 1.18.31, pick big-pickle, send any message.

   Event metadata
   {
   "event": {
   "id": "3b7a01ac-f0a8-47a5-bc5e-86ede6f03bdd",
   "requestID": "msg_0c3e7a17b001jq7ajm0mTzPl20",
   "workspaceID": "wrk_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
   "startedAt": 1789993129648,
   "finishedAt": 1789993129679,
   "durationMs": 31,
   "outcome": "rejected",
   "category": "inference",
   "protocol": "openai-chat",
   "product": "standard",
   "path": "/inference/openai/v1/chat/completions",
   "method": "POST",
   "stream": true,
   "app": "desktop",
   "sessionID": "ses_f3c185e88ffeAvrYnUKKarZS3k",
   "userAgent": "opencode/1.18.31 ai-sdk/provider-utils/4.0.23 runtime/node.js/24",
   "serviceAccountID": "svcacct_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
   "serviceAPIKeyID": "key_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
   "requestedModel": "big-pickle",
   "provider": "opencode",
   "statusCode": 403,
   "errorCode": "Generation.FreeTierError",
   "errorMessage": "OpenCode's free tier can only be used from within OpenCode",
   "country": "BR",
   "region": "São Paulo",
   "city": "São Paulo",
   "requestHeaders": {
   "accept": "/",
   "content-length": "35137",
   "content-type": "application/json",
   "user-agent": "opencode/1.18.31 ai-sdk/provider-utils/4.0.23 runtime/node.js/24",
   "x-opencode-client": "desktop",
   "x-opencode-request-id": "msg_0c3e7a17b001jq7ajm0mTzPl20",
   "x-opencode-session": "ses_f3c185e88ffeAvrYnUKKarZS3k"
   },
   "responseHeaders": {
   "content-length": "120",
   "content-type": "application/json"
   },
   "metadata": {},
   "attemptCount": 0,
   "attempts": []
   }
   }

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2. Twilight0 commented on Sep 21, 2026

   

   Twilight0

   on Sep 21, 2026

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   Same issue, suddenly when started compacting chat I got the error and I had been working on that a project for a couple of hours.
3. michael-newsrx commented on Sep 21, 2026

   

   michael-newsrx

   on Sep 21, 2026

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   Unable to use the free tier in the OpenCode desktop app. sudo snap install opencode+desktop
4. scaner511

   closed this as completedon Sep 22, 2026
5. scaner511

   reopened this on Sep 22, 2026
6. sekedus commented on Sep 22, 2026

   

   sekedus

   on Sep 22, 2026

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   duplicate of #49433
7. marcosoluzionidigitali-sys commented on Oct 14, 2026

   

   marcosoluzionidigitali-sys

   on Oct 14, 2026

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   I'm experiencing the same issue on Windows with OpenCode Desktop 2.0.29.

   I was using the free-tier Muse Spark model when the error appeared in the middle of an existing conversation:

   OpenCode's free tier can only be used from within OpenCode. Download it at https://opencode.ai and keep building.

   I updated OpenCode Desktop from v1.19 to v2.0.29, but the error persists. The original conversation is still visible, and my project files are intact. I also made a backup of the project before troubleshooting.

   The issue seems to affect the free-tier model even when using the official OpenCode Desktop application. Could this be related to authentication, provider configuration, or a regression in the free-tier access check?

   Please let me know what diagnostic information would help identify the root cause. I would prefer not to lose the existing conversation or reset my configuration while troubleshooting.

   Thanks for looking into this.
8. s4lish commented on Oct 18, 2026

   

   s4lish

   on Oct 18, 2026

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   same problem in opencode v2 get error :
   OpenCode's free tier can only be used from within OpenCode. Download it at https://opencode.ai and keep building.
9. neriousy commented on Oct 20, 2026

   

   neriousy

   on Oct 20, 2026

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   Thanks for the report. We're tracking this same free-tier rejection inside OpenCode in #49678, so I'm closing this as a duplicate. Please follow that issue for updates.
10. neriousy

    closed this as a duplicateof "Error from provider (Console): OpenCode's free tier can only be used from within OpenCode" in latest version of Open Code #49678 on Oct 20, 2026