Getting quota exceeds in google ai pro!

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Getting this error for google ai pro student 1year! Using gemini cli :

✕ [API Error: {“error”:{“message”:"{\n \“error\”: {\n \“code\”:

429,\n \“message\”: \"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.\",\n

\“status\”: \“RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED\”,\n \“details\”: [\n {\n

 \\"@type\\": \\"type.googleapis.)com/google.rpc.QuotaFailure\\",\\n

\“violations\”: [\n {\n \“quotaMetric\”: \"generat

ivelanguage.)googleapis.)com/generate_content_free_tier_requests\",\n

      \\"quotaId\\":

\“GenerateRequestsPerDayPerProjectPerModel-FreeTier\”,\n

\“quotaDimensions\”: {\n \“location\”: \“global\”,\n

      \\"model\\": \\"gemini-2.5-pro\\"\\n            },\\n

\“quotaValue\”: \“100\”\n }\n ]\n },\n {\n

   \\"@type\\": \\"type.)googleapis(.com/google.rpc.Help\\",\\n

\“links\”: [\n {\n \“description\”: \"Learn more

about Gemini API quotas\",\n \“url\”:

\“https(://ai.)google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limits\”\n }\n

   \]\\n      },\\n      {\\n        \\"@type\\":

\“type(.)googleapis(.com/google.rpc.RetryInfo\”,\n \“retryDelay\”:

\“56s\”\n }\n ]\n }\n}\n",“code”:429,“status”:"Too Many

Requests"}}]

Please wait and try again later. To increase your limits, request a

quota increase through AI Studio, or switch to another /auth method

Ignore any (), on the code, excuse me if its not the right place to talk

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Hello @Modhu_rani,

The error indicates you’re using the free tier of Gemini 2.5 Pro, which is limited to 5 requests per minute and 100 requests per day, according to the standard API rate limits.

Try changing the authentication method using the /auth command. Check also if you can generate an API key on Google AI Studio API Keys and verify the key tier.

Lastly, I recommend switching to the gemini-2.5-flash model using:

gemini --model gemini-2.5-flash

It offers higher quotas and the quality is still very good.