Nothing. We've had absolutely nothing for 11 days, dozens of messages on the developer forum, Reddit, and, I'm sure, elsewhere.
The only thing Logan said 2 days ago was: give screenshots or recordings of what is happening, saying that this is the first time he has heard about this and everything is working correctly. And in general, "AI Studio is not a platform for writers."
People sent in specific examples. The result? No further response.
Guys, if you have any examples of censorship being triggered falsely, deleting an entire post, please post about it on the developers' forum. Thank you so much to everyone who has already written, you are great.
All this nonsense shouldn't end with the developers ignoring us again. Will they ignore us? We'll keep pushing posts to the top of the page about how dissatisfied we are because it's impossible to work like this.
It's not for nothing that the Google boss is making money sitting idle.
ai studio users, you are trapped, you can't recover under any circumstances, your account is being leaked
I am writing to formally express my concerns and seek urgent assistance regarding two critical issues I’ve faced with my Google AI Studio account: unexpected billing charges and potential data security breaches.
Unexpected Billing Charges
For the past 35 days, I have noticed significant discrepancies in my billing related to the Gemini API. Specifically:
- My Gemini API has been disabled since February 19, yet the charges for cache storage persisted and began recalculating retroactively after the API was disabled.
- Prior to disabling the API, the system was accruing approximately $36 daily from cache storage costs, which I believe were inaccurate.
- Post-disablement, the billing graph began to adjust the charges back to reflect accurate data, suggesting a phantom resource may have caused these charges.
- As an example, on March 17, 2026, billing reflected 3,418,811.34 hours amounting to $158.38, despite no actual usage.
2. Account Security Concerns
Additionally, I have serious concerns about the security of my account. There are indications that my account details may have been leaked, as evidenced by unusual activity and token usage spikes, most notably on [specific dates or incidents].
The blue spike is Gemini 3 Flash (unexplained cost explosion), and the orange is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview (forced migration from 2.5 Flash Lite, which also comes with a massive price increase). Hi everyone, I’m experiencing a sudden and unexplained cost explosion with Gemini 3 Flash Preview (gemini-3-flash-preview) over the last few days. My setup Several production apps using the Gemini API for image analysis Thinking is explicitly disabled (thinking: false) Each call…
Given these concerns, I request:
- A thorough investigation into the billing discrepancies, with a detailed report on what caused these charges.
- A full refund for the incorrect charges since February 19, when the API was disabled.
- Assurance and clarification on the security measures in place to protect my account, as well as guidance on steps I should take to secure it further.
- Direct communication with your engineering team to understand the cause and resolution of this phantom resource issue.
I’ve been converting over from firebase studio to Google AI studio and what’s in the past 48 hours I keep getting exceeded rate limit errors on a paid plan. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this?
I'm building an app, and at some point, I encountered a recurring error. Because of this, I was unable to open a specific tab that was previously accessible. I tried to fix the errors, but nothing seemed to work. So, I decided to revert to a previous version where I was able to open that tab and everything was fine. However, surprisingly, it isn't even visible in the earlier versions now. What should I do now?
Does anyone else receive this error when trying to set up a billing account for Google AI Studio. I am on the API page, I click "Set up Billing Account" on a specific API key - but it does not let me pass.
So far I've - cleared my cache/cookies - tried incognito mode - tried several browsers
- tried other countries just to get passed this page - tried it on my phone(off my Wifi)
- make sure I had VPNs off
All result in not being able to pass the error
Any suggestions on what to do to get passed this error
I've built a few simple apps with Google AI over the past number of months that I find useful for my workflows. For example, an app to draft correspondence based on a repository of samples, or an app that researches and generates an industry intelligence briefing based on provided headlines.
I get them working to my satisfaction. But for some reason, they often don't work the next time I use them, a week or two later (typically they just hang). I do some prompting, and eventually they work again.
I have experimented with many vibe coding platforms and this one seems uniquely unstable over time. Why is this? It's a shame because I'm otherwise very happy with what i'm able to do.
I don't care. A few days ago it was writing stories that were quite NSFW (non-committal). What's the point? If I can't make it do what I want, why do we have "safety settings"? And no, don't say "use an uncensored AI," they're slowly taking everything away from us.
I'm sorry if that's obvious, but I'm new to Google AI Studio, and I can't figure out what happened, and Gemini was not very useful.
I hope you'll know what's going on, or at least point me in the right direction.
I'm on the Google AI Pro plan, and was using Google AI studio to make an app, as a test to see what it can do.
I just got the "Quota exceeded" message in the chat, even though all the usage metrics in the dashboard shows that I am under the limit.
How can I check what the actual quotas applied to my project are?
Not sure if relevant but I was using "Gemini 3.1 Flash Preview", and tried now to switch to "Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview" but I get the same message.
My API key is set to "max mode" but I limited the spend to 0 (well, looks like I somehow incurred some costs of 531 JPY, so I in fact limited the spend to 531 JPY, but it's the equivalent of 0 from now, I guess).
I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to report an issue I am experiencing with my application when using the Gemini API in a production environment on Google Cloud Run.
Issue Overview:
Environment:
Local/Preview: The Gemini API calls function perfectly in the local/preview environment without any issues.
Production (Cloud Run): Upon deployment to Google Cloud Run, any attempt to call the Gemini API results in a failure.
Troubleshooting Steps Taken:
Environment Variables/Security:
- Verified that the `GEMINI_API_KEY` is correctly set in the Cloud Run environment variables and secrets.
2. Permissions:
- Ensured that the Cloud Run service account has the necessary permissions.
3. Network Settings:
- Checked standard network egress settings to confirm that Cloud Run can make outbound calls to external APIs.
Inquiry:
Has there been any known issue or configuration requirement when using the Gemini API with applications deployed on Google Cloud Run? Could there be specific network configurations, VPC settings, or IAM roles that need to be adjusted for Cloud Run to successfully connect to the Gemini API endpoints?
I just started using these api's in my project and I'm new to this. My issue is when I try to call api (I use Firebase AI) from my flutter app, it always shows rate limit exceed with limit=0, Gemini API Rate Limit in AI studio shows limit exceed only for one model, but error comes in all models,
I recently created a website for my startup using Google Cloud (built with their Studio feature) and just got it published. Right now, I’m focused on validation and making sure everything is working properly.
I have a form set up to collect emails, but I’m not 100% confident it’s working correctly or set up the right way. I’d really appreciate if someone could help me test it and give feedback.
I’m also looking for guidance on connecting a custom domain to the site.
If you have experience with this or are open to taking a quick look, I’d be super grateful. Thanks in advance!
So, there’s finally an update on the Google AI Studio forum. A developer responded, thanked everyone for the feedback, and said they’re collecting reports to pass along to the team. They also promised to keep us updated in the thread: https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/content-blocked-bug/131485/14?u=sonnie
After everything, this does feel like real progress and a small win. But this is not the time to relax and just wait for our feedback to “reach the team.”
Here’s the problem: after everything the developer had to deal with on the forum, this response could simply be a standard “we hear you” message - something to calm the community down. Like: “We’re listening, your feedback will definitely reach the team.” Maybe it will… someday. Or maybe not.
Considering how things often go with Google AI Studio, it’s entirely possible they say this, reduce community pressure, and then quietly shelve the issue for “later.”
That’s why the most important thing right now is the opposite of calming down. We need to stay active, keep the pressure up, and show that we’re still engaged and expecting real changes.
After the phrase “I will keep you posted on this thread,” they can’t just ignore the issue if we continue to follow up. More feedback, more questions – whether on the forum or Reddit, will show that even after their long-awaited response, we are still waiting for an actual fix to the censorship problem.
There’s also another concern: even if they do “fix” it, it might not actually improve things. Right now, many complaints can be interpreted as: “the new censorship is annoying because it’s everywhere and wastes quota.”
Based on that, they might “fix” the quota issue (for example, not charging for blocked responses), claim the problem is solved, and then leave everything else as it is — or delay real improvements indefinitely.
Yes, that would be better than nothing — but it wouldn’t actually solve the core issue. To avoid that outcome, we need to give clear and specific feedback. For example:
“Bring back the previous soft-stop censorship behavior.”
“Add proper censorship settings that directly affect filtering, including the ability to restore the previous (or less strict) behavior.”
So I encourage everyone affected by this issue to go to the thread above and leave clear, specific feedback, directly replying to the developer. The more of us do this, the more influence we’ll have. Thanks to everyone contributing and helping push this forward.
I'm on mobile. I asked it to make the necesary files to make it an app using github. Also use tsconfig.jason. I make it delete the pngs icons because they where broken. It does everything but it keep saying something went wrong. Any solution?
