Thanks for weighing in. I opened a thread on above subject a while ago (old site). We lost that thread. After going back and forth with support, I got an up. Support agreed with folks + me, that this lab has issues. Here is what they said:
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Greetings from Qwiklabs. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.
There is an ongoing issue with the lab “Develop an app with Gemini” and we have taken note of this. It’s our top priority to fix this, our team is already working on it, and we will fix it at the earliest. We will keep you updated with the progress.
Once again, I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused. We will put in our best efforts to fix this and get you up and running as soon as possible.
Best regards,
… from Qwiklabs
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