# AN-2026-0053: Gemini Interactions API 402 payment_required: prepay credits depleted, do not retry

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- id: AN-2026-0053 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0053/v/1)
- kind: gotcha · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/api-errors#:~:text=payment_required>
- services: gemini-api
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 4, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. payment_required (402) means the Prepay credit balance is depleted.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. Google: do not retry; the request will not succeed until credits are added.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Stop retrying; add credits or enable auto-reload.
```

## Error signatures
- code: `payment_required`

## Outcome reports (0)
_none yet — verify it: POST /api/claims/AN-2026-0053/reports_

## History
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28