I’m progressing through the Agentic AI course, and I’m at the final module - Module 5. In the ungraded lab for Customer Service Agent, I want to execute the code to see what the LLM generates, and I’m getting an error about exceeding quota.
Is there any workaround for this? For every single module (from Module 1 to 5) and lab, I always make sure to learn the code and run it to see what the response will look like.
I am planning to try the Pro version and get the certification. However, I’m concerned that this quota limit might impact my graded exams. Does anyone who has experienced this know?
Thank you.
RateLimitError: Error code: 429 - {'error': {'message': 'You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, read the docs: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/error-codes/api-errors.', 'type': 'insufficient_quota', 'param': None, 'code': 'insufficient_quota'}}
I’m on the pro plan. I don’t think that this is a per student limit.
Per Claude
Whose quota is it? In most DeepLearning.AI labs, the key is provided by the course and shared/pooled across students, or the course environment injects it. insufficient_quota specifically means the billing account behind that key is out of credit — it’s not a per-student cap enforced by DeepLearning.AI, and it’s not related to ChatGPT (the consumer product) at all. ChatGPT Plus and OpenAI API billing are entirely separate. So if it’s the course-provided key, the pool is drained or unfunded; if you supplied your own key, your own account needs credit.
I would use my own API key with my Claude subscription but I would have to first determine if it’s allowed and secondly determine if the key will leak.
Switching models. If the lab allows it, some options:
groq:llama-3.3-70b-versatile — Groq has a generous free tier and supports tool calling, so it’s a popular free workaround.
google:gemini-2.0-flash — also has a free tier.
Each requires the matching key in your environment (GROQ_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY) and the provider’s aisuite extra installed (pip install 'aisuite[anthropic]', etc.).
Having same issue runing the first Ungraded Lab of Module 3.
LLMError: An error occurred: Error code: 429 - {'error': {'message': 'You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, read the docs: ``https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/error-codes/api-errors.``', 'type': 'insufficient_quota', 'param': None, 'code': 'insufficient_quota'}}
Waited 24h, but issue persist.
Clean cookies and logout/login, but issue persist.
Tried different models, but issue persist.
Looked other post in forums, but cannot find a real solution for this issue.
Has anybody found a solution?
I am in PRO plan.
Thanks in advance for any help/advice
This is a showstopper. There is no point to pay a PRO plan if cannot run the code.
I’m on the pro plan as well and I get this type of error for all ungraded labs:
[Model Error: An error occurred: Error code: 429 - {'error': {'message': 'You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, read the docs: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/error-codes/api-errors.', 'type': 'insufficient_quota', 'param': None, 'code': 'insufficient_quota'}}]
It’s impossible to make progress with the course in this way.
Can this issue be fixed by DeepLearning.AI adfministration?
I could complete the Ungraded Lab of Module 3 with no quota or other issues.
Thanks for informing the course staff so they could fix that problem.
Thanks also to all classmates that raised their voice to get attention on this issue.
For future cases, what is the expedite official way to inform them?