# Google Gemini Rate Limiting Issue

- Provider: [Vapi](https://down.guide/vapi)
- Level: confirmed
- Impact: Partial outage
- lasted 4h 47m
- started 2026-01-20 23:32 UTC
- id: DWN-0cbbeb3e6e
- Official page: https://status.vapi.ai/incident/808504

## Updates from Vapi
### 2026-01-20 23:32 UTC: update
We are seeing an issue with our own Google Vertex AI API key resulting in increased 429 errors using Gemini models. Please consider using a different model provider if you are experiencing this issue.
Customers bringing their own key should not be impacted.
The team is looking into this issue and will update here.

### 2026-01-21 00:10 UTC: update
We have identified the issue and are pushing a fix now.

### 2026-01-21 04:19 UTC: resolved
We have pushed a fix and this issue should be resolved. The team will continue to monitor.

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