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Getting Free Usage Exceeded On The First Session Of The Week#49927

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@evsphereofficial
evsphereofficial
opened on Sep 19, 2026

Description

I haven't been using OpenCode for a week, And When I come back and Start the first session it throws the Free Usage Exceeded, When it was my first message of the day.

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No Plugins

OpenCode version

1.18.31

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open OpenCode
  2. Start A Fresh New Session
  3. Send The First Message

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Windows 11

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  1. glorydark commented on Sep 19, 2026

    @glorydark
    glorydark
    on Sep 19, 2026

    I ran into this problem yesterday as well.

  2. evsphereofficial commented on Sep 19, 2026

    @evsphereofficial
    evsphereofficial
    on Sep 19, 2026
    Author

    I ran into this problem yesterday as well.

    Are they changing everything at this point?q

  3. glorydark commented on Sep 19, 2026

    @glorydark
    glorydark
    on Sep 19, 2026

    Are they changing everything at this point?q

    "Free usage exceeded, subscribe to Go." Nothing changed.

  4. evsphereofficial commented on Sep 19, 2026

    @evsphereofficial
    evsphereofficial
    on Sep 19, 2026
    Author

    Are they changing everything at this point?q

    "Free usage exceeded, subscribe to Go." Nothing changed.

    I checked around a bit more just to find out they are apparently changing the api usage for example now you need to make an account at opencode.ai website and "opencode console login" login the local opencode via this command but I don't know why they are changing everything this much specially if they are still listing free models without any account authentication

  5. fbiasuso commented on Sep 19, 2026

    @fbiasuso
    fbiasuso
    on Sep 19, 2026

    Are they changing everything at this point?q

    "Free usage exceeded, subscribe to Go." Nothing changed.

    I checked around a bit more just to find out they are apparently changing the api usage for example now you need to make an account at opencode.ai website and "opencode console login" login the local opencode via this command but I don't know why they are changing everything this much specially if they are still listing free models without any account authentication

    That worked for me. I hadn't found in the documentation that this was the "mandatory process" to make it work.

  6. glorydark commented on Sep 19, 2026

    @glorydark
    glorydark
    on Sep 19, 2026

    That worked for me. I hadn't found in the documentation that this was the "mandatory process" to make it work.

    Well, I'm using the latest desktop version. I was only asked to enter the Zen API key to connect to it (though I haven't purchased a paid plan). Currently it still says "Free usage exceeded, subscribe to Go."

    I bet your method works better with the terminal version.

  7. evsphereofficial commented on Sep 20, 2026

    @evsphereofficial
    evsphereofficial
    on Sep 20, 2026
    Author

    That worked for me. I hadn't found in the documentation that this was the "mandatory process" to make it work.

    Well, I'm using the latest desktop version. I was only asked to enter the Zen API key to connect to it (though I haven't purchased a paid plan). Currently it still says "Free usage exceeded, subscribe to Go."

    I bet your method works better with the terminal version.

    Yeah so I dig up around and found out that if you are using the zen api you will hit the Free Usage Exceeded error I think my assumption is this is cause they are changing their api usage and tracking backend so the Zen API doesn't work so for instance if you just add "-" a hyphen in the zen api section it will start working cause it'll switch to the public api which still works try that

  8. evsphereofficial commented on Sep 20, 2026

    @evsphereofficial
    evsphereofficial
    on Sep 20, 2026
    Author

    Are they changing everything at this point?q

    "Free usage exceeded, subscribe to Go." Nothing changed.

    I checked around a bit more just to find out they are apparently changing the api usage for example now you need to make an account at opencode.ai website and "opencode console login" login the local opencode via this command but I don't know why they are changing everything this much specially if they are still listing free models without any account authentication

    That worked for me. I hadn't found in the documentation that this was the "mandatory process" to make it work.

    Yeah cause apparently they are suddenly changing lots of backend stuff everyday at that I was working on a sort of zen-proxy which wasn't working but now it is working somehow, its just a simple js server which translates the normal request payload to the required payload zen api expects so for now things are working for me

  9. glorydark commented on Sep 20, 2026

    @glorydark
    glorydark
    on Sep 20, 2026

    Yeah cause apparently they are suddenly changing lots of backend stuff everyday at that I was working on a sort of zen-proxy which wasn't working but now it is working somehow, its just a simple js server which translates the normal request payload to the required payload zen api expects so for now things are working for me

    I downloaded the terminal version earlier today to give it a try, and it seems to be working fine. However, the desktop version still has the same problem. Hope everything’s going well on your end!

  10. evsphereofficial commented on Sep 20, 2026

    @evsphereofficial
    evsphereofficial
    on Sep 20, 2026
    Author

    Yeah cause apparently they are suddenly changing lots of backend stuff everyday at that I was working on a sort of zen-proxy which wasn't working but now it is working somehow, its just a simple js server which translates the normal request payload to the required payload zen api expects so for now things are working for me

    I downloaded the terminal version earlier today to give it a try, and it seems to be working fine. However, the desktop version still has the same problem. Hope everything’s going well on your end!

    Yup the reason terminal version is working is probably cause you haven't added any zen api keys But glad to hear that everything is working for you!

  11. notlousybook commented on Sep 20, 2026

    @notlousybook
    notlousybook
    on Sep 20, 2026

    same for me

  12. leostacowski commented on Sep 20, 2026

    @leostacowski
    leostacowski
    on Sep 20, 2026

    same here, one workaround:

    • using any of my free Zen keys: Free usage exceeded
    • using public - it works

    this week is being rough.

  13. evsphereofficial commented on Sep 21, 2026

    @evsphereofficial
    evsphereofficial
    on Sep 21, 2026
    Author

    same here, one workaround:

    • using any of my free Zen keys: Free usage exceeded
    • using public - it works

    this week is being rough.
    Yeah they are changing lots of things regarding api usage only using public keys are working

  14. thdxr commented on Oct 11, 2026

    @thdxr
    thdxr
    on Oct 11, 2026
    Member

    Thanks for the report! OpenCode 2.0 is now out and development is focused on V2, so we're closing issues filed against OpenCode 1. Please upgrade (opencode upgrade --major, details: https://anoma.ly/notes/opencode-2-0), and if this is still relevant on 2.0, reopen this issue or open a new one with your 2.0 version.

    — from 𝕺𝖕𝖊𝖓𝕮𝖔𝖉𝖊

  15. thdxr
    closed this as not plannedon Oct 11, 2026
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