Account restricted to AQ. tokens - Requesting review for AIza key restoration - Gemini API - Google AI Developers Forum
= 40rem)" rel="stylesheet" data-target="desktop"  /
= 40rem)" rel="stylesheet" data-target="discourse-ai_desktop"  /
= 40rem)" rel="stylesheet" data-target="discourse-reactions_desktop"  /
= 40rem)" rel="stylesheet" data-target="poll_desktop"  /
= 40rem)" rel="stylesheet" data-target="desktop_theme" data-theme-id="13" data-theme-name="google ai"/
Google AI Developers Forum
Account restricted to AQ. tokens - Requesting review for AIza key restoration
Gemini API
api-key
zul_syah
June 9, 2026,  4:14am
1
Hello Google AI Developer Support Team,
I am writing to request a manual review and restoration of my Google account’s API capabilities.
Issue Description: Currently, all new API keys generated under my account—even inside brand-new projects—are being issued with the AQ. prefix instead of the standard AIza format. My project’s SDK backend is unable to recognize or authenticate these AQ. tokens, which has completely halted my development.
Could you please review my account status and restore my ability to generate standard, unrestricted AIza keys for my project testing?
Thank you for your assistance.
Jon_Matthews
June 12, 2026,  9:28am
2
We are moving away from Traffic keys (Alza) and towards a more secure Authentication Key (AQ). AI Studio will now only generate Authentication Key (AQ) keys. More information on key usage can be found in the Using Gemini API keys documentation.
Please submit any compatibility issues with services / SDKs etc. in this form for our engineering team to review. Thanks!
Related topics
Topic
Replies
Views
Activity
Account restricted to AQ. tokens, requesting AIza key resotration
Gemini API
api
1
46
June 11, 2026
Account restricted to AQ. keys - requesting AIza key restoration
Gemini API
api
1
82
June 12, 2026
Account restricted to AQ. tokens — Requesting standard AIza key restoration
Gemini API
ai
1
67
June 12, 2026
Account restricted to AQ. ...keys — requesting AIza key restoration
Gemini API
api-key
1
78
June 12, 2026
Account restricted to AQ. keys — requesting AIza key restoration
Gemini API
api
1
88
June 12, 2026
Home
Categories
Guidelines
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy
Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled