Description: I just created a brand new API key in Google AI Studio for a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline (AI Code Reviewer). I am hitting a 429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED error on my very first request.
Error Log snippet:
Quota exceeded for metric: generativelanguage.googleapis.com/generate_content_free_tier_requests, limit: 0, model: gemini-2.0-flash
Context:
Model: gemini-2.0-flash (also tried 1.5-flash)
Region: India (Delhi)
Usage: 0 requests made so far.
Account Type: Free Tier / Unbilled project.
Has anyone else experienced a "Limit: 0" on a fresh project? Is there a known provisioning delay for new keys, or is my project stuck in a restricted state? Any help would be appreciated!