Problem Every request to the Vercel AI Gateway returns a 403 Forbidden access_denied response, including the auth-only /v1/credits endpoint. The block appears to be at the team/account level — no model, key, or request shape changes the result. What I’ve Tried Created a fresh API key (rotated vck…

This is the same issue reported here: https://community.vercel.com/t/deployment-thumbnail-403-ddos-mitigation-blocking-screenshot-service/40401/3

Vercel AI Gateway returns 403 Forbidden access_denied for all requests

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