Error message - Billing hard limit has been reached

API
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Got this error message:
{
“error”: {
“code”: “billing_hard_limit_reached”,
“message”: “Billing hard limit has been reached”,
“param”: null,
“type”: “invalid_request_error”
}

I’m completely new to this, but do i need to have a paid subscription to OpenAI? Or what even is the limit?

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To utilize the API, payment is required for each request you make.

To view your API usage, please visit the following link: OpenAI API

To review the rate limits for your account, you can access this link: OpenAI API

If you wish to increase the hard limit for your account, you can do so by visiting this link: OpenAI API

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Hi Erik, and welcome to the OpenAI Community Forum.

I have been a paying user for some time now, but on an old non-paying account I get messages like this if I try to access a paid service. When I started I had an $18 allowance for free usage of the models, which I see from the pricing page has been reduced now to $5 of free credit for the first 3 months; and once that was exhausted I had to subscribe, which I’ve done on another account.

You can find the different costs for the models here.

When you set up a paid subscription you are invited to set a monthly limit, and you’ll be able to use any part of the system until you hit that limit. If you haven’t set up a paid subscription yet, I guess you’ll get the error you’ve experienced until you do!

Best,

John

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I added a credit card here to make myself pay as you go. OpenAI API

And the error cleared. No idea why.