# ?!?!? (API) We're experiencing high demand for Claude 3.5 Sonnet right now **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [April 7, 2025, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/api-were-experiencing-high-demand-for-claude-3-5-sonnet-right-now/76033 "2025-04-07T08:13:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NeroxTGC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/neroxtgc/32/44646_2.png) [@NeroxTGC](https://forum.cursor.com/u/NeroxTGC)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/api-were-experiencing-high-demand-for-claude-3-5-sonnet-right-now/76033/1 "2025-04-07T08:13:36Z")
What is this? A joke? Why by using my own API Key am I hitting Cursor’s limits? Is this a bug? Because if not, this is mercenary. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/7/1/71b1e09f32241994ac7bf4265a7c4e1d0337fb76.png) It’s like if a company tells a worker: > Hey, we can give you a computer or bring you your own 😃 _(proceeds to bring his puter 💻)_ > (Company) Ohh, you can’t use your computer if the rest are busy! 😠 What kind of criminality is this? ---
**Author:** ![NeroxTGC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/neroxtgc/32/44646_2.png) [@NeroxTGC](https://forum.cursor.com/u/NeroxTGC)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/api-were-experiencing-high-demand-for-claude-3-5-sonnet-right-now/76033/2 "2025-04-07T08:28:24Z")
Pure bandalism ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/3/7/37ad15ec347ed6d8f00129e95b65a36c07bbd9b7.png) In the [Cursor Docs](https://docs.cursor.com/settings/api-keys#:~:text=Cursor%20lets%20you%20input%20your%20own%20API%20keys%20for%20various%20LLM%20providers%20to%20send%20as%20many%20AI%20messages%20as%20you%20want%20at%20your%20own%20cost.%20When%20a%20Customer%20API%20key%20is%20used%2C%20we%20will%20use%20that%20when%20calling%20the%20LLM%20providers) it explicitly says: > Cursor allows you to enter your own API keys for several LLM providers to send as many AI messages as you want at your own cost. When using a client API key, we will use it when calling LLM providers. This is more false than BBC news. ---
**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/api-were-experiencing-high-demand-for-claude-3-5-sonnet-right-now/76033/3 "2025-04-07T09:36:26Z")
Hey, sorry about that. It should be working now, I checked it on my end. ---
**Author:** ![janos.pinczes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@janos.pinczes](https://forum.cursor.com/u/janos.pinczes)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/api-were-experiencing-high-demand-for-claude-3-5-sonnet-right-now/76033/4 "2025-04-07T15:07:05Z")
Hello, I have the same issue: We’re experiencing high demand for Claude 3.5 Sonnet right now. Please upgrade to Pro, switch to the ‘auto-select’ model, another model, or try again in a few moments. What is the background of this issue? How Can I solve it? I already have a configured API key from Claude ---
**Author:** ![nullmastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/nullmastermind/32/13974_2.png) [@nullmastermind](https://forum.cursor.com/u/nullmastermind)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/api-were-experiencing-high-demand-for-claude-3-5-sonnet-right-now/76033/5 "2025-04-08T07:31:22Z")
Hey, please check, that bug is happening again now ---
**Author:** ![interhin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/interhin/32/43702_2.png) [@interhin](https://forum.cursor.com/u/interhin)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/api-were-experiencing-high-demand-for-claude-3-5-sonnet-right-now/76033/6 "2025-04-08T07:42:21Z")
yes ---
**Author:** ![nullmastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/nullmastermind/32/13974_2.png) [@nullmastermind](https://forum.cursor.com/u/nullmastermind)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/api-were-experiencing-high-demand-for-claude-3-5-sonnet-right-now/76033/7 "2025-04-08T07:58:31Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/0/b/0b08ccc6c02284c23ef823e6e500bba6de50adb6.png) Even the `cursor-small` model is useless, what’s going on??? ---
**Author:** ![a123456456a](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/a123456456a/32/41513_2.png) [@a123456456a](https://forum.cursor.com/u/a123456456a)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/api-were-experiencing-high-demand-for-claude-3-5-sonnet-right-now/76033/8 "2025-04-08T08:01:08Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/3/e/3e15b67f97fa202ed4881203f8313f8667213d61.png) ？？？ ---
**Author:** ![danperks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/danperks/32/19087_2.png) [@danperks](https://forum.cursor.com/u/danperks)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/api-were-experiencing-high-demand-for-claude-3-5-sonnet-right-now/76033/9 "2025-04-08T10:14:57Z")
Hey, looks like we were hitting our capacity limits, but we’re scaling things up to support more traffic, so should be resolving soon! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/api-were-experiencing-high-demand-for-claude-3-5-sonnet-right-now/76033/10 "2025-05-08T10:15:54Z")
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