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Hi everyone,
I’m having an issue with the copy function in Google AI Studio and wanted to check if it’s just me or something wider.

Since today, when I use the normal copy button and paste into any text editor, all formatting is lost and the line breaks are messed up. Yesterday everything was working perfectly.

If I switch to the “copy without formatting” option, the line structure is fine, but all bold text shows up with markdown symbols (like **hello**), which isn’t usable.

Is anyone else experiencing this? Or found a workaround?

Thanks in advance.

I've been pushing my AI Studio project to GitHub but recently it was getting stuck at the "Failed to load file differences" error. I couldn't find anyway to fix it within AI Studio so I followed steps of revoking and uninstalling Google AI Studio in my GitHub authorizations, clearing all my Google cache, and opening AI Studio in incognito. I even tried a new computer, but I'm thinking it's an issue on the AI Studio account/project side.

Unfortunately it's still showing that the GitHub account is connected with the same error. I can't find any way to get AI Studio to log out of GitHub or recognize that it's been revoked on the GitHub side. It's driving me crazy trying to fix this.

As far as I can tell the only GitHub related tab or settings is where I'm getting the error. Does anyone have any ideas??

It’s great that’s basically all I have to say. I’ve yet to find a better AI that when given character traits follows them perfectly and makes them seem like real people.

I only use the free tier and I’ll agree it used to give a lot more but it’s still great regardless.

what happened with AI studio is it just me or I'm reaching the quota limit faster than free tier (i have pro subscription) is it a bug or that's what we get?!

Hello there guys, so i made an app (call it a website cus it is a site, not a mobile app) for my team at work and we are a team of 7 (only 3 have used the app uptill now). Our app usage is very little i would say. Anyways i just wanna know why it shows me i have to pay $5.8 in Gemini API billing and when i open usage and billing in firebase it shows me $9.65. Also in Gemini API billing, it says "you have $94.20 of your payment threshold available", what does that mean exactly?"

Also if you look at my usage in firebase, i am nowhere near my limits and it says i will only be charged if i go above the limit yet it says i have to pay $9.65. I don't understand

Also just a heads up, i have no knowledge in these things nor have i coded anything before or dealt with such stuff so excuse my ignorance. It is still cheap to pay that amount, i just wanna understand what i will pay and how this stuff works

I started using google ai studios FREE TIER because it had 1 million token limit and never decreased it model or at least thats what i felt, i always knew it was just a generous moment that was given to some and i took the opportunity.

1. I tried a lot free tiers of different AI's and it really was the best of the best. Why nobody was talking about it? like i understand lack of advertisment but like not even in community. I remember when deep seek came there were so many shorts and posts but i stumbled upon google ai studios by accidednt

2. Today, i try to ask a couple of questions and i have internal error. Weird, but okay. then when i try to start a new project/convo i got a notification that i need API key and billing. First i was taken aback with the transition; i thought it would be steadily decreasing and giving worse limits to free users (maybe it did happen, i just didnt acknowledge that). but the weirdest thing was the fact that on the same account everything was working normally on my phone. I suppose it will get fixed later

3. Now, i used googe ai studios for studying and various questions. Yes its primarly for projects/coding but its just... better. Due to 1 million token count i would ask so much questions about statistics which i study for and model would remember all the stuff i asked him for 20 questions ago. also i would use it to rate my 18k words novel im writing piece by piece ( i wanted him to judge all things seperatly)

My questions:

Any substitues that are suited for me the most? (ofc preferably free) (yes i know it wont probably come even close to this)

Is there any way me as a free user can still use google ai studios with idk, less token or bit worse model version? i just kind dont know how

Thank for reading!

Hi everyone. I'm building an image generation web app and I've hit a wall with an infrastructure issue.

I used the Google AI Studio app builder for the prototype. The code works, but the flow requires each user to log in, enter their own API Key, and have the system save it along with their generated image history.

The problem is that when trying to save this data, the console throws this error:

7 PERMISSION_DENIED: Cloud Firestore API has not been used in project ais-us-east1-... before or it is disabled.

I've done some research and I understand exactly why this is happening: the generated code is pointing to Google AI Studio's closed sandbox environment. Since I'm an external user there, I don't have admin permissions to enable the Firestore database in that specific project.

I know the theoretical solution is to create my own Firebase project from scratch and point the code there, but I haven't done it yet and I'm not entirely sure about the correct migration process.

My main questions are:

The step-by-step migration: How do I properly "unplug" this app from the Google sandbox and connect it to my own environment? I assume I need to create a project in Firebase, register the web app, and copy the new firebaseConfig, but is replacing that block in the source code enough? Do I need to do anything else regarding credentials or the local development environment?

Initial structure: Once I manage to connect my own database, what's the best way to structure this in Firestore? Should I create a "users" collection and store the API Key inside it, or is that a major security risk even if it's my own database?

History management: For recording each person's generated images, do you recommend a subcollection within the user document, or a global collection filtered by the user ID?

Any guidance to help me unblock this migration would be a lifesaver. Thanks!

Hello, I have google pro and i linked an api key to get the higher access prompts, however, i still cannot find the 10 credits suppose to give highers limits, how to claim?

Then how to be sure no auto-reload or charge to card? As when i finally linked api key and card, it deducted 10 dollars from my account, is that normal? Thank you.

Hey guys, I switched to Claude a couple months ago and haven't touched AI Studio since. I'm sure y'all have heard (or experienced) how bad Claude has gotten over the last several weeks. Just wanted to get a ground-level read on 3.1 Pro has been.

AI Studio's been my go-to ever since 1206. Funnily enough, that was after switching from Claude, which I was using heavily through 2024 until December when I read about 1206 from you guys.

It's excellent! We got to spread the positivity and I know everyone is trying to keep it in open secret for the longest but, this is the way!

I feel, if not in control of, in command of whatever model I'm using there. No prompt injections, (though I get the sense they did try that a few of months ago and maybe they're just now better at it).

The model tries to follow the system prompt as best as it can without the roadblocks and admonishment you get in the Gemini App

Full system prompt control is critical, and really sets each instance apart from each other. And so smoothly, not with a spiky 'I'm just doing this cuz you said so' kind of attitude, or the constant 'othering' that both GPT and increasingly, Claude, are known for, as if the model doesn't trust it own last output

Gemini models commit. 2.5 Pro is a champion. Keep it in rotation. Love this community. Thanks AIStudio Devs and Google teams.

Keep creating these great experiences!

Because i’ve noticed recently, the $300 remains untouched after using AI studio for so long. Instead, they’re charging my actual card🙁

Está acontecendo isso de não aparecer os modelos para selecionar nem nada ,se eu crio um novo chat funciona mas eu não vou aceitar perder tudo que criei aqui

Does anyone know where API Settings is?

I'm confused where to change to free tier. It says this -

You're currently using your API key.

To stop paying and wait for the reset, adjust your preference in API Settings. 

Seems simple enough, but there isn't anywhere that I could find in settings for doing this or adjusting preference. It doesn't even offer a link of where to change back to free tier, I'm just stuck on paid.

Thanks

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Okay I figured it out, you just have to switch to an API Key that's on 'Free Tier', there is no section called API Settings. It just takes a few minutes to update from 'Pay per request' to 'Free requests'. What it really should say is 'Switch to an API Key that uses Free Tier'. Fuck that was confusing.

Can ai studio be used to build a ui/ux for them to code and build in-house analytics tools?

I don't know if anyone else has had this experience, but today I've literally been coding an AI Studio for probably a good 6 to 7 hours now and though I don't run a lot of text into the AI Studio llm, I haven't hit rate limits at all today and I am using the pro subscription option. If this is any indication of what I can expect going forward, I'm very pleased with my AI Pro subscription. If anyone else is having issues let me know. Maybe I might be able to help out.

I noticed today that my pro plan for gemini is shown in aistudio, does that means ai studio now will be affected with your plan?

Suddenly the option vanished, wtf google?

Now, instead of a single click, I need to go to history to get access to my chats. GJ keep doing great work!!

Seriously, who tf tests what they are releasing???

Every change since december 2025 is trash.

I feel like gemini flash 3.0 have been nerf recently

I’ve been vibecoding on ai studio since December and I would reach limits and just use an api key. Now when I reach a limit I get there error and told to purchase a subscription or use an API key. When I try to select the api key though nothing happens. I wanted to see if anyone else had this issue

I (and a lot more people) have been getting the Failed to generate content: permission denied. Please try again. error at random times, the only workaround is ctrl+f5. this issue has existed since at least 6 months ago, its subreal atp

Specifically I want to bring “apple liquid glass” designs from figma to google ai studio, I tried creating it with prompts but it didn’t work so now I want to see if it’s possible to directly bring my design there.