Hello Vercel Support, I am unable to use Vercel AI Gateway from my account. Every request fails with a 403 error. Error message: openai.PermissionDeniedError: Error code: 403 { “error”: { “message”: “Forbidden.”, “type”: “access_denied” } } I have already checked my local network and confi…

Hi @risin42 , @moredigital , @madarax , I’ve fixed the AI Gateway 403 issues with your accounts. Let me know if you encounter the issue again.

Hey, @madarax ! Welcome :waving_hand: We’ve seen this issue in the past, and some people managed to fix it by reviewing their debit/card details. Can you give that a go?

What I’ve verified: API key was freshly generated from the AI Gateway API Keys page (vck_ prefix) Tested both /v1/chat/completions and /v3/ai/language-model endpoints Tested multiple models: openai/gpt-4o, openai/gpt-4.1,… Same 403 across all models and endpoints — issue is account-level, not mode…

I’ve merged your post with this one, @moredigital ! Can you check what I suggested above?

Hi Vercel team, I’m getting a 403 Forbidden error when using a Vercel AI Gateway API Key. { "error": { "message": "Forbidden.", "type": "access_denied" } } Team ID: team_Q3xr89YFWHvqTRO0X0bmHkoU What I’ve already tried Re-Added a valid credit card to the Vercel account Re-created …

Hi @risin42 , I’ve merged your post here to keep you all updated at once. I’m working with the team to restore access.

Hi @storypalse-7526 , sorry about that. Could you share your team ID here? Let me check with the team.

thank you @anshumanb !! here’s my team id “storypalse-7526s-projects”

The debit/card update didn’t solve the issue, but @anshumanb intervention did. Thanks!

Hi @storypalse-7526 , you should be able to use your AI Gateway keys now. Thanks for being patient.

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I also got same issue, please check my account up too

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