Attaching an email from Google, which should answer your first question. Your answer to my first question is a bit vague (“prompt”) but I’ll accept it.
The answer to the second question misses the point. I can get the notification while I’m away from home, but I can’t do much of anything about it. I’d be going to the web browser on my phone and trying to do what I can from there, but… yikes. Anyway, here’s the email from Google... Configure alternative cost management method(s) for App Engine projects by July 24, 2021. Hello, In December 2019, we removed the ability to create new spending limits <https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AD-FnEx7EazEoo_S8F2c4_COnGCVHJOhzx4dNOHdH27PF9MerreWSiRaDyYYdErqAJDHm9BfmJwmD-nHFR-ID4G2n08N6Y5-zepJq-jwdovmVi0r4D2BN7lNNlevRA> in App Engine. We’ve since rolled out new tools to help you manage costs in App Engine, and will be removing all spending limits on July 24, 2021. Review our new set of cost management tools <https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AD-FnEyXQ-0-RvRL65YvJVxM9WpGFfVJa3OyAMEkqaHe8a31jUXFKn544tjnU3Dec6_1dmPJyq6BFw_4Ug1uAzdSkslanKabrNgGoVimuvo> and choose the mechanism that best suits your needs. What do I need to know? While App Engine has evolved, the spending limit functionality has not. We’re replacing this feature because it doesn’t cover App Engine costs related to newer capabilities, or services like App Engine Flex or Cloud Build. The new Google Cloud cost management tools will help you control costs associated with a broad range of resources, including App Engine. What do I need to do? If you don’t need a cost management mechanism for App Engine, no action is required. To manage App Engine-related costs, implement any of the following mechanisms: Specify the maximum number of instances <https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AD-FnEye41wVf2iHrAf5kf2FiOJ0gxUMohRV5nkrOIvsf-h-gX8kqt9XqXd9aP4mg9x4SEnrLK6ZGkCcNf4Wf4cXSHA0K5KYZOw2HnEUSS6-ZdC3QiYybIjaTUYCfeExZV-fTczSIHFgNYjz7CWAjllZsegDb1gzQyWPq1cSWEnuYg_9U1Y> Create budget alerts <https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AD-FnEyeTSIehO-Q2YX7vE2eeVPADCNHPb4R50wmffCDvc8hX5R03-UYsjA5MvLPL8WpHoHAjSTkslXjRf-PD2iAkI-gma-89febSSO-RG7i2AUQ81M5JUAcZs4vJ9nlq2c8tECeqOv0tolzkRg6NCMpiw> Disable your app manually <https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AD-FnExn_pLtnCI7pz1-1Vx8B1S1qKqt3CcWp4KMvUEMZmaK0Xd58nRRBOjLWglBV1bjg0BQdw1IDDLYZXBFNW46wDxVSfF0HGzw2nPDIn0UM-UkUEl8nMA6hzoobetDL9m6wzta5zLxa3QRKVo> Disable your app programmatically <https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AD-FnEwehEQ9Bru9dimV8vtQRSgHZLKcOLzyqOacGbtYrCEKB48sjJvjy5-tC_UwaKz872A9WpZ3X3dqGKWk-2A4XX9oGWqYfHGXsNqBVyXZxge-FrqcQ7W0S-BCehJx_WmgEQDQgO6OvK_49AfT8xuWUd44uNKIpjKBb3PrCPU> Learn more about these cost-management mechanisms by reviewing Managing App Engine costs <https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AD-FnEx7EazEoo_S8F2c4_COnGCVHJOhzx4dNOHdH27PF9MerreWSiRaDyYYdErqAJDHm9BfmJwmD-nHFR-ID4G2n08N6Y5-zepJq-jwdovmVi0r4D2BN7lNNlevRA>. Your affected projects are below: linktotweet (linktotweet) <https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AD-FnEx145700i8tqgibJ18rw3FtMQ5ayfjIU_n3KAuzLeBvIJp7DYTNuFblCYPAD_dgDtQuKwCytDevOwQUhTh1zLD0_No1RHxq__cqLqRBZ_nDRnEkA7NLhnE> toptweetsbot (toptweetsbot) <https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AD-FnExoVA8i90-7mu6acyGtF08SeSWA75hTUln8lO4oRS6kHP3zkqSem9WQAWHm04Vby8NGe5gTfuiUS6wD-cVmF4RIz6WzKT7DTHr1R7Ucp8bMX1z-nEYWGnVg> towngovernment-hr (towngovernment-hr) <https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AD-FnEzK4S9AXJGqv7Fm5F0Yf6UY_b93qZBnNRSHLHmYUMeN6BdoK6FTFk040vBDipDDedLCNlbK9KEKxYlB6c5znOBEx8u5476RYaHr5GJbFqDYO0BT4i-HXmwHNo9rDIg> corpus-delicti (corpus-delicti) <https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AD-FnEwZMbo3xXI614GQQXr8CnbkoTK1E7nSm9P5aZQGm4hNJWJ1t9Wbc65ITvNDzRUWjaTEqYUG4m1HSSn6hIw5Oeeb5xqILe04AXoeoVfo4x9ij0zJQSYmYuTQ47Y> How can I get help? If you have any questions or require assistance, please reply to this email to contact Google Cloud Support. Thanks for choosing App Engine. > On Aug 25, 2020, at 3:45 PM, 'Alexis (Google Cloud Platform Support)' via > Google App Engine <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Joshua, > > I'll try to help the best I can. I've added a question below, along with some > answers too. > > Questions: > - Which feature did Google remove? What was this feature called and where was > it shown in the GUI? I'm asking so that we can try to maybe do a feature > request or see why it was removed. > > To answer your question, the alerts should be prompt unless there is an > outage or some other exceptional circumstance. However, keep in mind that we > do not have control over public communication channel delays such as SMS, > email, etc... Double-checking in the GUI could tell you if it was already > sent out or not. Delays can also happen if alerts have multiple conditions > and one of them hasn't been met yet. See full article here[1] for more > details about latency possibilities. > > If you're away from the computer, you have notification options here[2], > called "channels". > > [1] > https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/alerts/concepts-indepth#notification-latency > [2] > https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/support/notification-options#creating_channels > > On Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 12:03:33 PM UTC-4 Joshua Smith wrote: > Once again last night, my wallet was saved when a runaway bot chewed up my > site’s whole daily spending limit. I got an email from a user, set up a > firewall rule, and goosed my budget to get things going again. > > I’m very concerned about Google’s decision to remove this feature. Offering a > cloud service that bills by usage without having a way to limit the spend > shifts an unreasonable amount of risk onto the subscriber. > > I’ve set up budget alerts, as suggested, but I’m concerned that: > > - What if my bill shoots up really fast? How quickly is this alert going to > go out? > > - What if I am away from the computer (remember when we used to be able to > leave our houses? good times… good times…)? > > I run this particular site as a not-for-profit social good. (It’s a site that > small town governments use to post their meetings.) I make no money on it. > > I’d be perfectly happy to handle this with self-set quotas on something other > than dollars. For example, in my case the budget-buster is always “Cloud > Datastore Read Operations.” If I could set a cap on that one thing, it’d give > me the protection I need. > > -Joshua > > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-appengine/f77ae31b-61bd-4251-bb5d-4809076b70fan%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-appengine/f77ae31b-61bd-4251-bb5d-4809076b70fan%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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]. 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