Why Antigravity Locked Your AI Models: Understanding Quotas and Credits
Quotas exhausted in Antigravity? Is it family sharing or something else? Learn how model quotas and AI credits work to stay ahead of locks.
1. Is Family Sharing Draining My Quota?
The short answer is NO. Google allocates quotas independently to each family member. If your quota is exhausted, it's due to your own workflow and agents, not shared usage from others in your family plan.
2. Why Does My Quota Deplete So Fast?
Unlike standard AI chat tools, Antigravity measures usage by "computational weight." When you task an agent with automatic planning, reading thousands of lines of code, and debugging, token consumption grows exponentially. A complex agentic task can consume quota more than ten times faster than simple Q&A.
3. Why the 5-Day Wait Time?
The system utilizes a dual-layer protection mechanism:
- 5-Hour Sprint: A recurring allocation that refreshes quickly every few hours.
- Weekly Baseline: A hidden weekly ceiling. If you repeatedly exhaust the 5-hour pools, the system triggers a long-term lockout (often several days) until the current 7-day cycle resets. This explains why your settings might show a 5-day countdown.
4. Model Quota vs. AI Credits
Google separates resources into two distinct "currencies":
- Model Quota: Fixed capacity bundled with your subscription. Once depleted, you must wait for the system to refresh it after the countdown.
- AI Credits: Pay-as-you-go credit based on actual token usage (Vertex API pricing). Pro plans typically include 1,000 monthly credits.
5. Should You Enable "AI Credit Overages"?
This setting determines what happens when your Model Quota hits zero:
- OFF: The system stops processing requests, protecting you from unexpected costs.
- ON: Seamlessly switches to using AI Credits to keep your workflow uninterrupted.
⚠️ Caution: If you enable this, be extremely careful! Antigravity agents inject massive context. Developers have reported a single small interaction consuming 1% of credits instantly due to the dense history sent to the model.
Pro Tip: Use Gemini 3 Flash for lighter tasks to preserve your high-end quota, leverage Planning Mode to keep agents focused, and only enable credit overages for critical, time-sensitive work!
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