I’ve read all docs, yet I’m still unable to get the free credits to which I’m entitled for sharing API data. Of course new users can only post one image, as if this was not a frustrating enough experience already, here are my combined screenshots showing active enrollment <a class="lightbox" href="https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/a/8/c/a8cdf26ab8907da1d94b6e47682d5fd75a3d1600.png" data-download-href="/uploads/short-url/o5jsapvSE9zyQ3oEXzRA9lsfU9a.png?dl=1" title="The image shows a user interface with multiple sections related to usage, settings, and quotas for an OpenAI API, highlighting complimentary daily token enrollment, but displaying an "Insufficient quota" error message in the command line console. (Captioned by AI)" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">[The image shows a user …

You need a positive account balance to use OpenAI models and the free tokens .

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More specifically, you need a historic account that OpenAI is willing to pay for API training data from.

API Data Sharing - Free Credits Not Working

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BranchManager69 May 3, 2025, 9:20pm 5

That was it! I’m API tier 5 but I had a negative ~$0.25 balance.
I missed it in the fine print!

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API Data Sharing - Free Credits Not Working

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