# A bug maybe? exceeded quota

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/a-bug-maybe-exceeded-quota/1277946>\
**Category:** API\
**Tags:** gpt-35-turbo-1106\
**Created:** [June 4, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/a-bug-maybe-exceeded-quota/1277946 "2025-06-04T09:46:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![HappinessSOAC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/happinesssoac/32/448566_2.png) [@HappinessSOAC](https://community.openai.com/u/HappinessSOAC)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/a-bug-maybe-exceeded-quota/1277946/1 "2025-06-04T09:46:09Z")

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so i got a simple code form ChatGPT to test answers from the chat’s api  
and even on a newly created api Key its says “exceeded quota”  
i understand there is a “free trial” for amount of requests, and i got the message on the 1st of newly created account.

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**Author:** ![\_j](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/_j/32/766292_2.png) [@\_j](https://community.openai.com/u/_j)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/a-bug-maybe-exceeded-quota/1277946/2 "2025-06-04T16:54:22Z")

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Not a bug. A misunderstanding. Beyond [OpenAI’s Quickstart](https://platform.openai.com/docs/quickstart?api-mode=chat):

1. Don’t follow the AI’s advice to compile a hard-coded API key
2. API services need to be prepaid (purchasing API credits), and are pay-per-use.
3. Any free trial program is discontinued.
4. Then: you can use an AI model beyond ChatGPT’s knowledge cutoff, such as `gpt-4o-mini`

The error would also have a body message “check your plan and billing details”, hinting where you need to go.