Antigravity : Our Servers Are Experiencing High Traffic Right Now, Please Try Again in a Minute
There is a widespread surge in reports from users (including those on the Ultra plan) seeing this exact message “Our Servers Are Experiencing High Traffic Right Now, Please Try Again in a Minute”
The “High Traffic” error is essentially a generic gatekeeper: the server’s request queue is full, and instead of letting you wait in line, it’s dropping the connection to prevent a total system crash.
Why is this happening?
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Capacity Exhaustion: There’s currently a massive spike in global demand or a temporary bottleneck in the backend (often specifically noted as
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Tier Parity Issues: Current reports suggest that even paid Ultra subscribers are being funneled into the same traffic pools as free users, meaning your priority isn’t “kicking in” during these peak surges.
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Infrastructure Updates: Google has been rolling out updates to the Hybrid Quota System recently, which often causes these intermittent “High Traffic” flickers.
What you can do right now
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The “60-Second Rule”: It sounds cliché, but literally wait one full minute. These spikes often clear in small windows. If you retry too fast, you might get flagged by a secondary rate limiter.
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Switch Models: If you’re using a “Thinking” model or Claude Opus 4.6 within Antigravity, try switching to Gemini 3.1 Pro or Flash. They often sit on different server clusters that might have more breathing room.
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Check your “Model” Settings: Go to Advanced Settings > Model and ensure your session hasn’t defaulted to a high-demand model that is currently pinned.
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Avoid “Continue” Loops: If an agent fails mid-task, don’t just spam “Continue.” This sends the entire conversation history back to the server, which is more likely to trigger a 503 than a fresh, shorter prompt.
Quick Tip:
If you’re on a hard deadline and Antigravity remains “unusable,” many developers in the forums are temporarily falling back to the standard Google AI Studio interface, which occasionally stays stable even when the Antigravity wrapper is struggling.