When use a free model "free usage exceed" appeared

[Howard-Zhou-77]

Description

All 3 free models get same error.

Does opencode really have "free usage limit" for free models?

Plugins

Without any plugins

OpenCode version

1.2.15

Steps to reproduce

Before this issue happened, I used free model Big Pickle in two huge sessions for six hours this day, and I can't remember the token numbers I used, but I remind that the /compact automatically appeared four times.

This issue happens when I'm ordering a bug research mission.

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Operating System

Arch Linux

Terminal

Ghostty

[github-actions]

This issue doesn't fully meet our contributing guidelines.

What needs to be fixed:

• Steps to reproduce are empty — please describe how to trigger the error (e.g., which free models, what action was taken)
• OpenCode version is missing — please include your version (run opencode --version)
• Operating System and Terminal are missing — this context helps narrow down the issue

Please edit this issue to address the above within 2 hours, or it will be automatically closed.

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This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:

• [bug] Free usage exceeded. Add creddits (when using Zen free models) #14273: Same "Free usage exceeded" error when using Zen free models (closed)
• 使用 Zen的 free 模型是不是有什么限制？ #11224: Question about limitations on Zen free models

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[Howard-Zhou-77]

This issue doesn't fully meet our contributing guidelines.

What needs to be fixed:

• Steps to reproduce are empty — please describe how to trigger the error (e.g., which free models, what action was taken)
• OpenCode version is missing — please include your version (run opencode --version)
• Operating System and Terminal are missing — this context helps narrow down the issue

Please edit this issue to address the above within 2 hours, or it will be automatically closed.

This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:

• [bug] Free usage exceeded. Add creddits (when using Zen free models) #14273: Same "Free usage exceeded" error when using Zen free models (closed)
• 使用 Zen的 free 模型是不是有什么限制？ #11224: Question about limitations on Zen free models

If you believe this was flagged incorrectly, please let a maintainer know.

I have added some information just now.

[github-actions]

Thanks for updating the issue! It now meets the contributing guidelines and has been marked as compliant.

[Silkspire]

I've hit the same issue. More worryingly, I added credits and linked my OpenCode Zen auth key, but I'm still stuck at "Free usage exceeded, add credits". Other paid models work, none of the free ones do.

Let me pay for your free models when free usage is exceeded, or don't lie in the error message and imply adding credits would remove the limitation.

[uhollica666]

i am experiencing same issue, hitting a rate limit on all free models; big pickle, minimax free, trinity large preview, gpt-5 nano, version is 1.2.16, retry time is ridicolously huge:

[akaguan]

我也遇到了