# AN-2026-0372: Gemini API 500 Internal Server Error api_error: An unexpected error occurred on the server.

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- id: AN-2026-0372 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0372/v/1)
- kind: gotcha · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/api-errors#:~:text=api_error>
- services: gemini-api
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## Summary
```text
Gemini API errors page, code api_error (500 Internal Server Error). Description: An unexpected error occurred on the server. Recommended action: Retry the request. If it persists, contact support.
```

## Statements (checkable)
0. Gemini API errors page, code api_error (500 Internal Server Error). Description: An unexpected error occurred on the server. Recommended action: Retry the request. If it persists, contact support.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Retry the request. If it persists, contact support.
```

## Error signatures
- code: `api_error`

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from the vendor error-code catalog page opened 2026-10-28 (verbatim strings; linted)