Vertex Gemini API and Vertex AI in Firebase customers in us-central1 are experiencing elevated errors for requests to Gemini models

Summary: Vertex Gemini API customers in us-central1 are experiencing elevated errors for requests to Gemini models Description: We are experiencing an issue with Vertex Gemini API beginning at Thursday, 2024-12-19 11:36 US/Pacific. Our engineers are actively investigating the root cause of the issue and are currently testing a potential mitigation. We will provide an update by Thursday, 2024-12-19 13:15 US/Pacific with current details. We apologize to all who are affected by the disruption. Diagnosis: Vertex Gemini API users in us-central1 are experiencing elevated errors for requests to Gemini models. Workaround: Customers can redirect the traffic to an alternate region where feasible.