Hey everyone,
I’m facing a critical issue with Gemini Code Assist that has completely blocked me, and it seems to be caused by a recent backend change.
Here’s the core issue: A login process that used to work perfectly for my personal account is now failing with a subscription error.
Let me break down the “before” and “after”:
**How it USED TO WORK (perfectly fine until recently):**
- I’d log in with my personal @gmail.com account.
- The IDE plugin would ask me to select a Google Cloud Project.
- **I’d select my project, and Gemini would immediately start working.** No errors, no problems.
**How it works NOW (completely blocked):**
- I log in with my personal @gmail.com account.
- The plugin asks me to select the exact same Google Cloud Project.
- **Now, it immediately fails with the error: “Gemini Code Assist requires an active subscription with an assigned license.”**
This change in behavior is the key. The flow is the same, but the outcome is different. This tells me the license check has become stricter and is now incorrectly applied to personal users like me.
Just to be clear, I’ve already ruled out the usual suspects:
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It’s not a quota issue: My API usage is at 0%. I’m being blocked at login.
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It’s not just my account: A brand-new, clean Gmail account faces the exact same problem.
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It’s not a simple network glitch: The issue persists across multiple high-quality VPNs and US servers.
It feels like personal accounts from certain network environments are now being forced down a strict enterprise validation path that they used to bypass correctly. Is the team aware of this change? Is there a known workaround to restore the previous, working behavior?
Thanks for any help.
