# Free Account ZeroGPU Quota Issue **URL:** \ **Category:** Beginners\ **Created:** [April 11, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/free-account-zerogpu-quota-issue/175180 "2026-04-11T18:14:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nattoxe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/nattoxe/32/59402_2.png) [@Nattoxe](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/Nattoxe)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/free-account-zerogpu-quota-issue/175180/1 "2026-04-11T18:14:05Z")
For a few days now, a lot of users like me have a big issue while generating images and videos on Spaces. Usually, i was able to generate 15-20 images a day with ZeroGPU with a SDXL model. Now, i can only generate 3-4 images, with the same exact model, before I get this message : “You have exceeded your free GPU quota (60s requested vs. 0s left). Try again in 0:00:00”. I had no issue for months, but since 8 April, this issue appeared for practically all free users. All models have the same exact issue as I’ve tested them. It very much seems to be some kind of bug or a secret update, but it’s very annoying. Could someone do something about it or figure out what’s going on ? ---
**Author:** ![John6666](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/john6666/32/27664_2.png) [@John6666](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/John6666)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/free-account-zerogpu-quota-issue/175180/2 "2026-04-11T19:44:55Z")
I think it’s basically one of the cases listed below, but I wonder if something else of Zero GPU has changed…? @hysts > [@It seems use 60 sec GPU quota instead of real time usage?](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/it-seems-use-60-sec-gpu-quota-instead-of-real-time-usage/175130): > > i don’t understand, the GPU bar one time is a 0 another at 1.2 and then 0.4 and can’t create nothing. try asked to AI but was futile e repeated thing i described it. There’s bug or change not listed? found nothing I only created 3 image, is the limit? ---
**Author:** ![hysts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/hysts/32/32230_2.png) [@hysts](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/hysts)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 7:42am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/free-account-zerogpu-quota-issue/175180/3 "2026-04-12T07:42:20Z")
Recently, a limit was introduced on how many times free users can run ZeroGPU Spaces per day. There was an issue where hitting that run limit would return the same error as the quota limit, and this seems to be what is causing the error you are seeing. The fix has already been implemented internally, but it’s not yet been fully deployed. As a result, users may still continue to see the same error for now. ---
**Author:** ![John6666](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/john6666/32/27664_2.png) [@John6666](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/John6666)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 7:55am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/free-account-zerogpu-quota-issue/175180/4 "2026-04-12T07:55:29Z")
I see. Thanks for the explanation. So even if the error message is the same, the actual cause can sometimes be different… Well, as long as it’s not a serious bug, it should be fine. ---
**Author:** ![Onossoassunto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c57346/32.png) [@Onossoassunto](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/Onossoassunto)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/free-account-zerogpu-quota-issue/175180/5 "2026-04-12T14:08:43Z")
> [@hysts](#): > > Recently, a limit was introduced on how many times free users can run ZeroGPU Spaces per day. So we’re changing from time base limit to a requests rate-limit? Or both? ---
**Author:** ![hysts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/hysts/32/32230_2.png) [@hysts](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/hysts)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/free-account-zerogpu-quota-issue/175180/6 "2026-04-12T15:24:12Z")
There are both time-based quotas and request-based limits in place. ---
**Author:** ![Onossoassunto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c57346/32.png) [@Onossoassunto](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/Onossoassunto)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/free-account-zerogpu-quota-issue/175180/7 "2026-04-12T15:56:12Z")
> [@hysts](#): > > There are both time-based quotas and request-based limits in place. Thank you for your attention to this topic. Just one last question: could you clarify what the current request-based limits are? ---
**Author:** ![Onossoassunto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c57346/32.png) [@Onossoassunto](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/Onossoassunto)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/free-account-zerogpu-quota-issue/175180/8 "2026-04-12T19:23:43Z")
Can we have an update here? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![hysts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/hysts/32/32230_2.png) [@hysts](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/hysts)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/free-account-zerogpu-quota-issue/175180/9 "2026-04-13T01:44:30Z")
The current request-based limit is three times per day. ---
**Author:** ![K00jiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@K00jiro](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/K00jiro)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/free-account-zerogpu-quota-issue/175180/10 "2026-04-13T02:10:25Z")
so blahblahblah your have 4 minutes but can realy use only 20 sec? 🤦 ---
**Author:** ![K00jiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@K00jiro](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/K00jiro)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 2:30am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/free-account-zerogpu-quota-issue/175180/11 "2026-04-13T02:30:52Z")
and even with 4 you never can use 4 bcz most of spaces request at least 60sec to just run even if they using only 5…10 earlier your minuter increased all day… ---
**Author:** ![John6666](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/john6666/32/27664_2.png) [@John6666](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/John6666)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/free-account-zerogpu-quota-issue/175180/12 "2026-04-13T03:04:44Z")
Hmm, I suppose the specific limit numbers are probably unavoidable due to some kind of emergency measure, but I hope that eventually the request limit will be based on the actual duration. Whether it’s video generation or embeddings, one request is still one request…