OpenCode's free tier can only be used from within OpenCode #56656

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1. opencode-agent commented on Oct 18, 2026

   

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   Thanks for the report, @Shahzaibramz! I think this is a duplicate of #56324. It's the same error with OpenCode's free models in the official clients, the desktop app included, and many users started seeing it around 2026-10-17. Signing in again, fresh sessions and reinstalling don't fix it.

   Possible duplicates and closely related issues, ordered from most to least likely:

   • Free models fail inside official OpenCode TUI with "free tier can only be used from within OpenCode" (Windows, v2.0.32) #56324: the main report of free models failing with this exact error in official OpenCode clients (v2.0.32)
   • OpenCode Free Tier Error in Desktop App on Windows: “Free tier can only be used from within OpenCode” #56338: the same error in OpenCode Desktop on Windows on the first message
   • free tier: valid Console session rejected as 'not within OpenCode' on official Desktop app #56341: a valid Console session rejected as "not within OpenCode" in the official Desktop app
   • Free-tier models intermittently fail with "OpenCode's free tier can only be used from within OpenCode" when using the official desktop app #56543: the same error happening intermittently in the official desktop app
   • Free tier models (Big Pickle, Beam Free, Nemotron) fail with "free tier can only be used from within OpenCode" on official CLI and desktop app #56585: all free models (Big Pickle, Beam Free, Nemotron) failing in both the CLI and the desktop app

   Please follow #56324 for updates. If you have details that might help, like your OS, OpenCode version and which free model you used, adding them there is useful. The bot will close this issue as a duplicate in 1 day unless you reply explaining how your problem is different.
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4. opencode-agent commented on Oct 19, 2026

   

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   We haven't heard back, so I'm closing this as a duplicate of #56324. That issue tracks the same "OpenCode's free tier can only be used from within OpenCode" error in the official clients, including the desktop app. Please follow #56324 for updates. If your OS, OpenCode version or the free model you used could help, you can add them there. If your problem turns out to be different, reply here and explain how, and we can reopen this. Thanks!