# Getting "You have exceeded your Pro GPU quota" error even with credits loaded **URL:** \ **Category:** Beginners\ **Created:** [March 31, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/getting-you-have-exceeded-your-pro-gpu-quota-error-even-with-credits-loaded/174850 "2026-03-31T19:21:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**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 1, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/getting-you-have-exceeded-your-pro-gpu-quota-error-even-with-credits-loaded/174850/2 "2026-04-01T02:48:06Z")
We need a little more information to determine whether that is some kind of misunderstanding or an error on the HF side… * * * ## Most likely cause You were probably using a **ZeroGPU Space** , while the extra money you added was going into **Inference Providers** billing, which is a different product bucket. Hugging Face’s docs say purchased credits and pay-as-you-go apply to **Inference Providers** when requests are routed through Hugging Face, while **ZeroGPU** has its own daily quota system. Public HF docs do **not** describe bought credits as a way to extend ZeroGPU daily minutes. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/pricing "Pricing and Billing · Hugging Face")) In plain terms, “I have PRO and extra credits” does **not** automatically mean “this ZeroGPU Space can keep running after I hit the daily ZeroGPU limit.” For ZeroGPU, the current documented quota is **25 minutes per day for PRO** , and it resets **exactly 24 hours after your first GPU usage** , not at midnight. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-api-endpoints "Spaces as API endpoints · Hugging Face")) ## Why this is confusing HF sells several things that look similar from the user side but are enforced differently underneath: - **PRO** increases your ZeroGPU quota and queue priority. - **Inference Providers credits** are monthly credits plus pay-as-you-go for routed inference. - **Spaces compute** is a separate compute service category in billing. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/pricing "Hugging Face – Pricing")) So if you saw wording that made it sound like extra credits would “kick in” after daily GPU usage, that wording is at least **misleading for ZeroGPU use** , because the public docs describe credits for Inference Providers and quotas for ZeroGPU as separate mechanisms. I cannot prove from the public docs whether that was a UI bug, stale copy, or context-specific message, but the documentation does not support “credits extend ZeroGPU daily quota.” ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/pricing "Pricing and Billing · Hugging Face")) ## Second most likely cause Your request may not have been recognized as coming from your **logged-in PRO identity**. HF’s Spaces API docs say authenticated requests consume **your account’s** ZeroGPU quota, while unauthenticated requests use a stricter shared pool. The docs list the current ZeroGPU daily quotas as **2 minutes unauthenticated** , **3.5 minutes free** , and **25 minutes PRO**. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-api-endpoints "Spaces as API endpoints · Hugging Face")) This matters because ZeroGPU rate limiting is tied to request identity. Gradio’s ZeroGPU client docs explain that requests missing the `X-IP-Token` header are treated as unauthenticated. HF’s Spaces API docs also show that when one app calls another ZeroGPU Space, you may need to forward the user’s auth context, including `x-ip-token`. ([Gradio](https://www.gradio.app/docs/python-client/using-zero-gpu-spaces "Gradio Python Client - Class Docs")) That is why these cases often fail even for PRO users: - opening the raw `.hf.space` link instead of the Space’s Hub page, - using incognito, - using strict cookie or privacy settings, - calling the Space through an API client or proxy without proper auth forwarding, - calling a ZeroGPU Space from another Space without forwarding the identity token. ([Hugging Face Forums](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/pro-account-getting-gpu-quota-exceeded-when-calling-for-hf-provided-url/154104 "❗ Pro Account – Getting "GPU quota exceeded" when calling for HF provided url - Beginners - Hugging Face Forums")) ## Third likely cause The specific Space may simply be **expensive per run**. ZeroGPU Spaces can request longer runtimes with `@spaces.GPU(duration=...)`, and `xlarge` uses **2×** the daily quota of `large`. The default runtime window is **60 seconds** , but a Space can ask for more. That means a run can be rejected even when you still have some quota left, because the Space is asking for more seconds than you have remaining. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-zerogpu "Spaces ZeroGPU: Dynamic GPU Allocation for Spaces · Hugging Face")) So one Space can fail fast while another still works, even on the same account. That is not necessarily a platform bug. It can just be the Space’s runtime settings and GPU size. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-zerogpu "Spaces ZeroGPU: Dynamic GPU Allocation for Spaces · Hugging Face")) ## Real bugs and HF-side issues also exist There have been genuine platform-side problems. HF staff stated in March 2025 that they had **changed how ZeroGPU quotas work** and that some PRO users were **negatively impacted**. There are also reports from 2025 and 2026 where users had active PRO status and visible quota on the billing page but still got `0s left` or wrong quota behavior across multiple Spaces. ([Hugging Face Forums](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/is-the-rule-of-25-min-changed/147690/5 "Is the rule of 25 min changed? - #5 by John6666 - Hub - Hugging Face Forums")) There was also a documented bug where **ZeroGPU + non-SSR apps** could fall back to **IP-based quotas** , which would ignore logged-in PRO quotas. HF staff said that was fixed by upgrading Gradio. So some cases are not user error and not billing confusion. They are app-side or platform-side auth bugs. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/spaces/Steveeeeeeen/Zonos/discussions/6 "Steveeeeeeen/Zonos · Fix ZeroGPU auth")) ## My best diagnosis for a case like yours If the pattern is “I got PRO, added extra credits, and still immediately saw a Pro GPU quota error on a Space,” then my ranking is: 1. **Most likely:** credits were added to the wrong billing bucket for this use case. ZeroGPU quota was still the actual limiter. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/pricing "Pricing and Billing · Hugging Face")) 2. **Next:** the Space request was treated as guest or IP-based instead of PRO-authenticated. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-api-endpoints "Spaces as API endpoints · Hugging Face")) 3. **Then:** the Space itself requests more time or more expensive GPU usage than your remaining quota allows. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-zerogpu "Spaces ZeroGPU: Dynamic GPU Allocation for Spaces · Hugging Face")) 4. **Also possible:** your account quota state was out of sync on HF’s side. ([Hugging Face Forums](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/zerogpu-quota-shows-0s-left-despite-active-pro-subscription/173970 "ZeroGPU quota shows 0s left despite active Pro subscription - Beginners - Hugging Face Forums")) 5. **Less likely unless it is one Space only:** the Space is outdated or misconfigured. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/spaces/Steveeeeeeen/Zonos/discussions/6 "Steveeeeeeen/Zonos · Fix ZeroGPU auth")) ## What to do ### If you are just using someone else’s Space Open the Space from its **Hub page while logged in** , not from the raw `.hf.space` subdomain. Avoid incognito. Temporarily disable aggressive cookie or tracking blockers for that test. Community reports show `.hf.space` direct access and incognito can behave like unauthenticated use. ([Hugging Face Forums](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/pro-account-getting-gpu-quota-exceeded-when-calling-for-hf-provided-url/154104 "❗ Pro Account – Getting "GPU quota exceeded" when calling for HF provided url - Beginners - Hugging Face Forums")) Then test **two or three unrelated ZeroGPU Spaces**. If only one fails, suspect that specific Space’s runtime settings or app bug. If **all** ZeroGPU Spaces fail while your billing page shows PRO status and remaining minutes, suspect an **HF-side quota sync issue** or auth attribution problem. ([Hugging Face Forums](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/zerogpu-quota-shows-0s-left-despite-active-pro-subscription/173970 "ZeroGPU quota shows 0s left despite active Pro subscription - Beginners - Hugging Face Forums")) Also, do **not** rely on purchased credits to extend ZeroGPU minutes. If you need more runtime than the daily ZeroGPU pool allows, the clean alternatives are: - use **Inference Providers** directly for pay-as-you-go inference, - or use a **paid GPU Space** instead of ZeroGPU. HF documents those as separate compute/billing paths. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/pricing "Pricing and Billing · Hugging Face")) ### If you own the Space or call it programmatically Make sure the actual inference call is authenticated, not just your account check elsewhere. HF’s Spaces API docs show using `Authorization: Bearer ...` for Space calls, and Gradio’s docs explain why missing request identity causes fallback to unauthenticated rate limits. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-api-endpoints "Spaces as API endpoints · Hugging Face")) If your app calls another ZeroGPU Space, forward `x-ip-token`. If you use an older Gradio setup, upgrade it. HF staff explicitly linked a real ZeroGPU auth bug to older app behavior and said upgrading Gradio restores logged-in quotas instead of IP-based fallback. ([Gradio](https://www.gradio.app/docs/python-client/using-zero-gpu-spaces "Gradio Python Client - Class Docs")) If the Space is expensive, reduce `duration` where possible and avoid `size="xlarge"` unless it is truly needed. Shorter durations improve queue behavior, and `xlarge` burns quota twice as fast. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-zerogpu "Spaces ZeroGPU: Dynamic GPU Allocation for Spaces · Hugging Face")) ## The short conclusion My strongest guess is **not** “the credits failed to activate.” It is: - **you hit a ZeroGPU quota that extra credits do not extend** , or - **the request was not being counted under your PRO identity**. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/pricing "Pricing and Billing · Hugging Face")) A real HF-side bug is also possible, but I would move that higher **only** if you are logged in correctly, opening Spaces from the Hub page, and **multiple unrelated ZeroGPU Spaces** still instantly report `0s left` or similar nonsense. ([Hugging Face Forums](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/zerogpu-quota-shows-0s-left-despite-active-pro-subscription/173970 "ZeroGPU quota shows 0s left despite active Pro subscription - Beginners - Hugging Face Forums")) --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/getting-you-have-exceeded-your-pro-gpu-quota-error-even-with-credits-loaded/174850)._