How to solve the high demand ques

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We’re experiencing high demand for the selected model right now. Please upgrade to Pro, switch to the ‘default’ model, another model, or try again in a few moments.

I am pro plan user already , using auto model when this ques happened .

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hi there , the problem didn’t show again , I dont know if it is helpful

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Hey, thanks for the report.

This is a temporary infrastructure issue. Even Pro users might sometimes see this message during short server overloads. It’s not related to your subscription limits.

Glad it resolved on its own. If it happens again and lasts more than a few minutes, try:

  • Switching to a different model for now
  • If you can, checking your network connection

Let me know if it starts happening regularly. If so, I’ll ask for the Request ID so we can look into it in more detail.

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Yes I’m facing same issue

Issue:
We’re experiencing high demand for the selected model right now. Please upgrade to Pro, switch to Auto, another model, or try again in a few moments.

8

try to switching modal but again face same issue after one more prompot

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We’re experiencing high demand for the selected model right now. Please upgrade to Pro, switch to Auto, another model, or try again in a few moments.

Same issue using only auto but it keeps saying switch to Auto, I’m Pro user but still keep getting this error.

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also getting same issue

mac os sequoia; (pro) american user connecting from asia
have not updated cursor for a bit

restarts do not change it, nor new threads, nor toggling models between auto + others

does not seem to be an actual overload issue unless something changed recently? heavy user and never got before; as of an hour ago, nothing goes through now. not a single request is accepted

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Having the same issue on Mac OS latest version as a pro user using Auto, I get “We’re experiencing high demand for the selected model right now. Please upgrade to Pro, switch to Auto, another model, or try again in a few moments.” The only thing I found that works is selecting Composer 1.5 and going from there, but anything else gives me the same high demand message.

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Same here I get “We’re experiencing high demand for the selected model right now. Please upgrade to Pro, switch to Auto, another model, or try again in a few moments.“

I’m using ‘Auto‘ mode and I’m pro user too.

Request ID: 2be1d446-3262-4822-8c08-a30092740314
{“error”:“ERROR_CUSTOM_MESSAGE”,“details”:{“title”:“High Load”,“detail”:“We’re experiencing high demand for the selected model right now. Please upgrade to Pro, switch to Auto, another model, or try again in a few moments.”,“isRetryable”:true,“additionalInfo”:{},“buttons”:,“planChoices”:},“isExpected”:true}

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same issue happening now : We’re experiencing high demand for the selected model right now. Please upgrade to Pro, switch to Auto, another model, or try again in a few moments.

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Same here using Auto mode.

{“error”:“ERROR_CUSTOM_MESSAGE”,“details”:{“title”:“High Load”,“detail”:“We’re experiencing high demand for the selected model right now. Please upgrade to Pro, switch to Auto, another model, or try again in a few moments.”,“isRetryable”:true,“additionalInfo”:{},“buttons”:,“planChoices”:},“isExpected”:true}

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Same again :frowning:

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Mine started working again after I installed the latest update, and then went right back to the high demand message.