Social·Community
Users report Gemini degradation: errors, hallucinations, and instruction failures
Multiple users report a recent degradation in Gemini's reliability, including errors, hallucinations, and failure to follow instructions, particularly in document-processing tasks. The issues appear to have started within the past week, affecting long-time users who previously had few problems.
87 engagement7 sourcesTue, Aug 18, 2026, 05:15 PM
AI Overview
- Users report Gemini failing at basic tasks like reading RAM stick text and following system prompts.
- Gemini 3.1 Pro shows logic failures and 3.7 Flash is 'useless' beyond simple lookups.
- Google Calendar integration fails with 'Actions failed' errors.
- Long-time users see new errors like 'Sorry, something went wrong' and missing key info.
- One user reports Gemini responding with unrelated content like Fourier Transforms or travel itineraries.
- Users speculate Google intentionally nerfed models in early 2026 to coast on 2025 rankings.
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Social·Community
Gemini Pro users report silent downgrades to Flash after canceling auto-renewal
Gemini Pro subscribers report that Google silently routes their queries to lighter Flash models, especially after they cancel auto-renewal, to cut costs and serve the mass market. Users note that 3.6 Flash feels like an incremental evolution, while 3.1 Pro remains superior for reasoning.
Gemini Pro subscribers report that Google silently routes their queries to lighter Flash models, especially after they cancel auto-renewal, to cut costs and serve the mass market. Users note that 3.6 Flash feels like an incremental evolution, while 3.1 Pro remains superior for reasoning.
02373 engagement6 sourcesredditFri, Aug 14, 2026, 12:00 AM
Social·Community
Paid Gemini subscriber abandons the app over degraded responses, while praising Google AI Studio and Flow
A paid Google AI subscriber reports the Gemini app has degraded severely, with restricted, inconsistent responses and poor context handling, and has largely stopped using it. The same user still finds Google AI Studio (free tier) and Flow (video generation) useful, contrasting the app's quality against Google's other AI tools.
A paid Google AI subscriber reports the Gemini app has degraded severely, with restricted, inconsistent responses and poor context handling, and has largely stopped using it. The same user still finds Google AI Studio (free tier) and Flow (video generation) useful, contrasting the app's quality against Google's other AI tools.
70 engagement1 sourceredditSat, Oct 3, 2026, 05:31 AM
News·Incident
Gemini Pro subscribers report widespread generation errors and generic refusals
Gemini Pro subscribers are experiencing constant generation errors starting August 19, 2026, with simple prompts failing and returning generic refusals like "having a hard time fulfilling the request." The issue occurs even in new chat sessions and on the first turn, affecting tasks like parsing network IP data and structuring tables.
Gemini Pro subscribers are experiencing constant generation errors starting August 19, 2026, with simple prompts failing and returning generic refusals like "having a hard time fulfilling the request." The issue occurs even in new chat sessions and on the first turn, affecting tasks like parsing network IP data and structuring tables.
10 engagement1 sourceredditWed, Aug 19, 2026, 01:14 AM
News·Incident
Gemini Pro outage: model rejects all prompts while Flash and Flash-Lite work, Reddit users report
Users report Gemini Pro rejecting even basic prompts with capacity/refusal messages over several hours on 2026-09-11, while Gemini Flash and Flash-Lite work normally. Multiple reports appear within a two-hour window with no stated cause or fix, indicating an apparent service-side incident affecting the Pro model specifically.
Users report Gemini Pro rejecting even basic prompts with capacity/refusal messages over several hours on 2026-09-11, while Gemini Flash and Flash-Lite work normally. Multiple reports appear within a two-hour window with no stated cause or fix, indicating an apparent service-side incident affecting the Pro model specifically.
16 engagement1 sourceredditFri, Sep 11, 2026, 07:56 PM
News·Company News
Google limits Gemini Deep Think to Ultra users, walking back October 9 access promised to Pro subscribers
Reddit users spotted Google quietly editing its Gemini support article to remove Deep Think from the Pro tier, walking back previously promised October 9 access, with only Ultra subscribers now listed. Days later, users reported the AI Plus plan also lost access to the pro model, leaving Plus with a flash model similar to the free tier. The changes were made without announcement, frustrating paying subscribers.
Reddit users spotted Google quietly editing its Gemini support article to remove Deep Think from the Pro tier, walking back previously promised October 9 access, with only Ultra subscribers now listed. Days later, users reported the AI Plus plan also lost access to the pro model, leaving Plus with a flash model similar to the free tier. The changes were made without announcement, frustrating paying subscribers.
Updated Wed, Oct 14, 2026, 07:22 AM — Plus subscribers report losing access to the pro model entirely, leaving the tier with a flash model similar to free.
004879 engagement4 sourcesredditThu, Oct 8, 2026, 01:27 PM