What's happening with the Open AI message a model

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Hi everyone,
when I try to connect with the Open AI message a model, I get this error saying you are sending too many requests at a time, you exceeded your quota. Tried with gemini to again the same error.
Can someone help me resolve this issue thanks?

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Hi @DonaldGraybeal
I think if your OpenAI API key has enough credits, it would not cause this error, but on the API from Google AI Studio, I think you can create a new API key and test that. Let me know if this issue persists.

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You are on free credit

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hi @DonaldGraybeal, good morning!

Whenever an error message appears with a link to documentation, I recommend copying the link and checking the summary with some AI to help with development. The screenshot shows the doc that helps you on the subject. Your case could be temporary rate limit or insufficient quota, only you will be able to identify it by comparing it with the doc, since not much information was shared with us.

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You may also be hitting rate limits. What model are you using, @DonaldGraybeal ?

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yes the issue still persist.

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yes i am not upgrading yet, still testing the whole set.

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what is the solution to stop hitting rate limit.

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Please provide more context. Without any info, upgrading your plan or pacing your request is the way to go

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i dont plan to upgrade soon, since i am just building something new

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Pace your request and live with the limitation

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Hey @DonaldGraybeal

Since you’re still testing and don’t want to upgrade yet, a few options:

  1. Add $5 to your OpenAI account. Even the minimum top-up gives you a lot of testing runway with cheaper models like gpt-4o-mini.

  2. Switch to a free model for testing. Google’s Gemini API has a free tier with generous limits. In n8n, use the Google Gemini Chat Model node instead of OpenAI while you’re building.

  3. Use Ollama locally. If you have a decent machine, run models locally for free with zero API costs. n8n has a native Ollama node.