Re:Burnt $72k testing Firebase and Cloud Run and almost went...
by modeless on Thursday December 10, 2020 @01:50PM
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"Following the steps in this capping example is not a guarantee that you will not spend more than your budget."
"Resources [...] might be irretrievably deleted."
Also it's not automatic, you have to manually write code to do it, and test it, and make sure not to break it.
A reasonable implementation of this feature would be built into the console, guarantee a maximum spend, not require writing your own fallible code, and provide an option to preserve storage (at normal cost) so that all your data isn't deleted when your compute/API stuff is shut down.
"Resources [...] might be irretrievably deleted."
Also it's not automatic, you have to manually write code to do it, and test it, and make sure not to break it.
A reasonable implementation of this feature would be built into the console, guarantee a maximum spend, not require writing your own fallible code, and provide an option to preserve storage (at normal cost) so that all your data isn't deleted when your compute/API stuff is shut down.