When I signed in to Gemini code assistant in vscode for the first time, it automatically created a project to link to, a ghost project that I cannot access from anywhere. I think many others experienced that as well, and it’s not the worst part
After that I created a new project on google cloud to link to gemini code assistant, and I found out that my extension automatically made a lot of API requests to google cloud, include SettingBindingService.QueryEffectiveSetting (to confirm the permission) and also alpha.Code.GenerateCode (to generate code!), even when I do nothing with the extension.
As I experienced here, it automatically made nearly 500 requests in 5 minutes. I subscribed for a Google pro AI, which have 2000 requests limit daily, and no wonder why I got 429 error so quickly after a few chats.
The worst part is, when it reaches the limitation, there’s a message to announce to me, that I reached the limitation of the project ID xxx, that is not the project I created! I seems to be the ghost project that automatically created by gemini, and somehow it links to the project I created, and use the API request to generate lots of code that I don’t know.
I think it’s not only about the performance of the extension, but also about the privacy problem. If you have the same experience, please share it!