continuedev / continuedev/continue
Error: Gemini 3 Flash Preview - Unknown error
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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- 36k
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Description
Error Details
Model: Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Provider: gemini
Status Code: N/A
Error Output
{"error":{"message":"{\n \"error\": {\n \"code\": 503,\n \"message\": \"This model is currently experiencing high demand. Spikes in demand are usually temporary. Please try again later.\",\n \"status\": \"UNAVAILABLE\"\n }\n}\n","code":503,"status":"Service Unavailable"}}
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the Gemini 3 Flash Preview request in Continue and trace how the gemini provider handles the reported 503 response. Done means determining whether Continue mishandles this upstream service-unavailable error or whether the issue should be documented as a temporary provider failure.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- ai, api
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100