Free usage exceeded without sending even 1 prompt

hi. i use opencode in free tier and in the new update i got a big problem.
i have not even send one prompt in the last 4 days but when i try to use opencode i got this error {
Free usage exceeded, subscribe to Go
retrying in 50427s - attempt #1
}
what is the problem?

Thanks for reporting this, and sorry for the trouble. Being told your free usage is used up when you haven't sent a prompt in days is really frustrating.

The OpenCode Zen service counts the free-model allowance and sets the retry countdown for your account; the app only shows the error it gets back. Billing, usage and account problems aren't handled in GitHub issues, so please email help@anoma.ly with the details: roughly when it started, which free model you were using, and the exact error. If you've already emailed them, the team will get to it, especially now that we've seen it here.

Please keep email addresses, account details and any payment information out of this public issue, and put them only in the email.

Other people are reporting the same thing right now, for example:

Free usage exceeded on all free models even with no use. #58876: the same error on free models without sending anything
Free usage exceeded, subscribe to Go retrying in 64049s - attempt #1 #58906 and Free usage exceeded, subscribe to Go retrying in 69362s - attempt #1 #58877: the same error with a long retry countdown
Persistent "Free usage exceeded, subscribe to Go" error – limit never resets #58902: the limit never resets

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The same issue , any fix ?

yes, i sent an email and this was the response which solved my problem:
Hello,

Thank you for reaching out.

This isn't caused by your usage, and nothing is wrong with your account or network. The message "Free usage exceeded, subscribe to Go" with a countdown in seconds comes from OpenCode 1.x. Free models are currently refusing requests from 1.x versions of OpenCode, and the app shows that refusal as a usage limit, which is why you see it even though you haven't sent a prompt in days. The countdown is only the time until the next daily reset at 00:00 UTC, so waiting for it won't help while you're on 1.x.

To fix it, please update to OpenCode 2. The 1.x updater won't offer this version, so please install it manually:

Desktop app: download version 2.1.4 from https://opencode.ai/download, install it, then uninstall the old 1.x version so you don't open it by mistake.
Terminal (CLI): on macOS or Linux, run curl -fsSL https://opencode.ai/v2/install | bash. On Windows, run npm install -g @opencode/cli. Then run opencode --version and check that it shows 2.1.4.
No account or Go subscription is needed: free models work on OpenCode 2 without signing in. Their limits apply per network connection (public IP address) and reset daily at 00:00 UTC.

If you still see a free-limit message on version 2.1.4, please open https://opencode.ai/cdn-cgi/trace in your browser right after the error, on the same network, and send us the "ip=" and "ts=" lines together with the exact error text, and we will check it.

Best regards,
OpenCode Support Team

@soheilsaleh

What @soheilsaleh shared fixed it for me - the opencode-agent should respond with that instead.

7. What @soheilsaleh shared fixed it for me - the opencode-agent should respond with that instead.

Did you lose any old sessions? or did it migrate smoothly? Thanks

5. yes, i sent an email and this was the response which solved my problem:
Hello,
Thank you for reaching out.
This isn't caused by your usage, and nothing is wrong with your account or network. The message "Free usage exceeded, subscribe to Go" with a countdown in seconds comes from OpenCode 1.x. Free models are currently refusing requests from 1.x versions of OpenCode, and the app shows that refusal as a usage limit, which is why you see it even though you haven't sent a prompt in days. The countdown is only the time until the next daily reset at 00:00 UTC, so waiting for it won't help while you're on 1.x.
To fix it, please update to OpenCode 2. The 1.x updater won't offer this version, so please install it manually:
Desktop app: download version 2.1.4 from https://opencode.ai/download, install it, then uninstall the old 1.x version so you don't open it by mistake.
Terminal (CLI): on macOS or Linux, run curl -fsSL https://opencode.ai/v2/install | bash. On Windows, run npm install -g @opencode/cli. Then run opencode --version and check that it shows 2.1.4.
No account or Go subscription is needed: free models work on OpenCode 2 without signing in. Their limits apply per network connection (public IP address) and reset daily at 00:00 UTC.
If you still see a free-limit message on version 2.1.4, please open https://opencode.ai/cdn-cgi/trace in your browser right after the error, on the same network, and send us the "ip=" and "ts=" lines together with the exact error text, and we will check it.
Best regards,
OpenCode Support Team

this didn't help on the latest version too this happens with single prompt says limit exceeded

8. > 7. What @soheilsaleh shared fixed it for me - the opencode-agent should respond with that instead.
    Did you lose any old sessions? or did it migrate smoothly? Thanks

I didn't lose any old sessions, it's working normally as before.

Congrats, just update to version 2.x of opencode guys, will solve the issue.

If it doesn't solve the problem, you'll lose all the results from your old sessions.
I updated everything as it was written here and -- the new application does not start, the results of old sessions are lost, and this is months of work.

Restoring old sessions is possible by reinstalling the old version. When opening existing projects, the entire history is automatically loaded.

@soheilsaleh

Hi @soheilsaleh, I'm closing this issue now because billing, usage and account support is handled by email, not on GitHub. If the "Free usage exceeded" error is still blocking you, please email help@anoma.ly with when it started, which free model you were using and the exact error. If you've already written to them, the team will get to it.

Please keep account details and any payment information out of this public issue and send them only by email. Thanks for your patience, and sorry again for the trouble.

god damn this opencode-agent closes every single one of these issues without helping.

This isn't an account or billing problem, we haven't even used the models they just immediately say free usage exceeded on the very first message.

Tried to use opencode this morning after not using it since friday, first message I send: "Free usage exceeded"

Same thing happens when I upgrade to opencode 2

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