Gemini models not using API key

[Colin]

Hey @Panos_Zepos!

Most billing questions are best handled by contacting [email protected]. That being said, I’d be curious to see what you’re looking at that shows you being charged? Keeping in mind:

API Keys not working on team plan after reaching limits

Hi @gabe_santo_arion, Thanks for the report! Even when using custom API keys, requests still flow through Cursor’s infrastructure for features like context retrieval, indexing, and request handling. This incurs a small amount of usage, so if there’s no credit left on your account (and no on-demand usage available), you will not be able to make requests. I recommend topping up your on-demand usage a bit to continue using models with BYOK!

@Panos_Zepos

Also, do models used over API key take the mode restrictions? Gemini is making changes on plan mode and ask mode - is this intentional?

There shouldn’t be anything related to BYOK here – could you raise a new report including Request IDs with privacy mode disabled?

Thanks!