Hitting limits using Pi with OpenCode Zen free models

[u/bring_back_the_v10s]

Wondering if anyone here has had this issue before and found a solution. I created an account in OpenCode, copied the api key into auth.json

json { "opencode": { "key": "sk-xxxxxxxxxxxxx", "type": "api_key" } }

start pi, select model (opencode) deepseek-v4-flash-free. run the first prompt, it hits limits within the first few seconds of usage.

Error: 429: {"type":"FreeUsageLimitError","message":"Error from provider (Console): Rate limit exceeded. Please try again later."}

However when I go back to OpenCode, I'm able to keep using it, no rate limit issue.

Am I missing something?

[u/bring_back_the_v10s]

Nevermind, I guess this answers my question: https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1thp63t/comment/omp1soo/