I used to use App Engine back in 2013 and I decided to try it again last week. I went over the tutorial to refresh my memory about how it works. Apparently a lot has changed because I was billed $24.16 for the week even though I didn't receive any user requests to the tutorial instance, beyond the few times I pinged the app myself.
I'm a little confused by why I was charged because App Engine used to charge by requests processed. Is there a fixed charge now? And even so the billing page indicates a free tier and I'm surprised the tutorial would have exceeded it. To complicate things, I immediately shutdown the app when I received the bill and now I don't even seem to have access to support or billing information. I'm prepared to just eat the cost if I have to, but I'd prefer an explanation if possible. The experience has left me a little nervous about the new App Engine given the bill for barely any activity. Back in 2013 I ran several more significant projects within the free tier for no charge at all. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-appengine/acd1760f-8fcc-40fd-936c-b1606c3ddd85%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
