What about using the task header X-AppEngine-FailFast ? I understand that the task will be retried if no instance is available to serve it immediately - and no new instance will be spun up.
Would that be a good idea ? We'd like to avoid using backend instances for tasks (to avoid paying double). Ideally the tasks should not create much more load as to start new instances, so we'd like to use the 'spare cycles' of running instances to run the tasks, without interfering with user traffic. Want to make sure we would not be messing up the scheduler that way. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/dm5x5r-F0ZkJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
