Add automated kill switch or rate limiting to prevent excess billing from DDOS attacks

[nathanmartin]

Referencing threads that are related to this feature request:

Netlify billing horror story

Today, a user on Reddit, claimed that they got a $104k Netlify bill for their static site, after their free plan site was DDoSed. They also claimed that support only discounted their bill to $5000. Can this really happen? If so, is there a way to prevent getting charged on a free plan? Ideally, Netlify should have an option to disable free plan websites, in case the free plan limits are reached. If not, I will have to move all my Netlify sites somewhere else. I can’t risk going into potential …

I am extremely disapointed in netlify

hello i have to get this out of my system ive been using netlify for over 3 years now, using the free tier, and i saw someone on reddit ( https://old.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1b14bty/netlify_just_sent_me_a_104k_bill_for_a_simple/ ) who also was on a free tier, and just because their app got suddenly ddosed, yall r shifting it all away on the customer it seems netlify was always bad with the billing, it is a confusing mess as per many online services, hell, some services charge you for del…

Need Guidance on Bandwidth Limitation for My Netlify Site

Hi, I came across the thread regarding the $104k bill due to excessive bandwidth usage. This has raised concerns for myself; I would like to understand how to set a limit for my website so that it will automatically shut down if I exceed my bandwidth limit. Thanks.

What is the "official stance"?

All threads are getting locked and you’re pointing to https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1762518910107033798 as your “official stance”. But what is the stance? All you say in the twitter thread is "This situation has reinforced the urgency of our ongoing work to put safeguards in place in our billing system to ensure that this never happens again. No user of Netlify should ever be concerned that this could happen to them, and we are committed to fixing this issue immediately. " But that says no…