# Solving Gemini API key errors in Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/solving-gemini-api-key-errors-in-discourse/411545
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** ai
**Created:** [September 3, 2026, 4:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solving-gemini-api-key-errors-in-discourse/411545 "2026-09-03T04:43:15Z")
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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solving-gemini-api-key-errors-in-discourse/411545/5 "2026-09-04T02:16:01Z")

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i’ve never set it up using vertex. it works perfectly fine though using gemini api service. i just walked through the configuration and i see no change in the google cloud dashboard for the apis and services and for configuration of credentials. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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