Rate limit exceeded. Please try again later. (the first time I used it) #54824

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1. opencode-agent commented on Oct 12, 2026

   

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   Thanks for the report, and sorry that the first thing you saw was a rate-limit error.

   That message comes from the free-usage limits on the OpenCode Zen service, not from the OpenCode app. The behaviour is the same on v1 and v2, and nothing in the CLI can change it. Only the team can look into how the free tier treats networks like yours, where many 5G users share one IP address.

   Billing, account and service-limit support isn't handled in GitHub issues. Please email help@anoma.ly with the details: roughly when it happened, which model you used, and that you're on a shared 5G connection. If you've already emailed, the team will get to it, especially now that we've seen it here. Please keep email addresses, account details and payment information out of this public issue and put them in the email instead.

   In the meantime, you can still use OpenCode with a provider where you have your own API key (opencode auth login), or try a different free model.

   These related issues might be useful to follow:

   • Big Pickle: Rate limit exceeded for more than 4 hours and does not reset after restarting OpenCode #52696: Big Pickle stays rate-limited for hours
   • I’ve already spent more than $500 on credits and got a ban for 52,000 seconds just for turning on the VPN. #49728: changing IP through a VPN immediately triggered a free-tier limit
   • Rate limit exceeded. Please try again later #53773: the same error on the default free model; switching to another model worked around it
   • [FEATURE]: Warn users before free tier quota exhaustion instead of silent 429 #42765 / [FEATURE]:Show exact free usage limit reset time #52894: requests for clearer free-tier quota and reset-time information

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4. opencode-agent commented on Oct 13, 2026

   

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   Hi @0wwafa, I'm closing this issue now because the free-tier rate limit is set by the OpenCode Zen service. Billing, account and service-limit questions are handled by email, not in GitHub issues.

   If you still can't use the free models from your 5G connection, please email help@anoma.ly and mention that you're on a shared mobile network. Please put any account details in that email, not here.

   In the meantime you can use OpenCode with a provider where you have your own API key (opencode auth login). #52696, #49728 and #53773 are about related problems if you want to follow them. Thanks for reporting this.