Gemini 3 is completely unusable

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I keep getting errors saying the provider is overloaded.

Steps to Reproduce

Try using Gemini 3 during regular work hours.

Expected Behavior

It should work.

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.77
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: ba90f2f88e4911312761abab9492c42442117cf0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Gemini 3

Additional Information

Maybe stop rolling out support for new models until you have the infrastructure to support the demand?

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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New Zealand user experiencing the performance issues with Gemini 3 Pro.

Hey, thanks for the report. Gemini 3.0 Pro launched on Nov 18 and there have been some initial provider issues that the team is currently working on.

Please try the following:

Create a new Agent chat (don’t switch models mid-conversation)
Test with a simple prompt to see if the overload errors still appear

If the issue persists, please share:

The exact error message or a screenshot showing the “provider overloaded” error
Request IDs from the failed attempts: Chat menu (top right) → Copy Request ID
1–2 example prompts that trigger the error

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

The “try again” logic is broken when it kicks-in during the middle of a task.

Steps to Reproduce

Get Gemini 3 Pro to do many things in a row - eventually one will fail, and re-try will start-over, forgetting what’s already been done!

Expected Behavior

should continue from where it is currently up to, not erase it!

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.1.6 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 92340560ea81cb6168e2027596519d68af6c90a0
Date: 2025-11-20T03:38:22.386Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.17763

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Gemini 3 Pro

Additional Information

In my situation, it messed up my git commits and damaged my database it was working on via MCP - accidentally re-running any prompt that’s already been partly run is absolutely going to be disastrous in most situations.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I upgraded to the $200 Cursor level, but I still have been unable to get any work done for almost two days. All of the good models fail with an “overload” message. Even “Auto” started to fail. Does anyone have any idea whether this is short-term, or should I start looking at Antigravity or Codex instead?

Steps to Reproduce

Try to do any complex feature implementation.

Expected Behavior

Product works as advertised – tasks complete without back end failure.

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.77
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: ba90f2f88e4911312761abab9492c42442117cf0
Date: 2025-11-13T23:10:43.113Z (6 days ago)
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.1.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Gemini 3.0, GPT 5.1 Codex

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

same here .. updatet to Ultra Plan but Im not able to use the product lately, everything is overwhelmed

Don’t bother Antigravity. It is even worse. And at least I have not been able to find place to put my own gemini API key there, so that path is blocked too. Cursor has at least place for the key even tho it is broken at the moment.

But overload started appearing with own key too, so I don’t think there is anything for users to do. Gemini3 is overloaded on google servers and it is going to stay like that until someone makes better model or they increase hardware.

The current issues are only happening because everyone is trying to use the model at the same time. It doesn’t matter what platform you’re on—access is limited right now. At least Antigravity is able to get some access to it and it if fails you can always prompt to continue.