Error: Connecting to selected custodian temporarily unavailable

[docross]

Hello,

I am unable to connect Brave to my Gemini account on either my PC (Linux) or my cellphone (Android). On both I receive the following message after clicking the Allow button from the gemini side:

Error: Connecting to selected custodian temporarily unavailable

It looks like connecting Gemini to Brave Rewards is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

thanks!

[Saoiray]

@docross it’s just that you have to wait. Gemini has been unavailable for the past couple weeks. There’s been announcements on it, such as:

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