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The Gemini API free tier has a quota of 0 for Pro-series models such as gemini-3.1-pro-preview, returning limit: 0, and it remains 0 after the daily reset, so waiting to retry is pointless.
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Medium-term (~90 days)
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10/16/2026
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Valid until: 1/14/2027
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