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"Your free instance used more than 12345* CPU credits under 24 hours, therefore you exceeded the threshold for automatic termination." This number is published
by Shorel 4y ago
"Your free instance used more than 12345* CPU credits under 24 hours, therefore you exceeded the threshold for automatic termination."
This number is published, and someone creates a script to launch hundreds or thousands of free instances that all run exactly 12344 credits every 24 hours and are used as spam boxes, or cryptocurrency mining, or something similar that degrades the platform for all other users.
* meaningless number, pulled out of nowhere, as an example.
- sesm 4y agoDedicated abuser can find this limit experimentally via binary search.
- vkou 4y agoIf you don't tell them which one of many rate-limiters they've tripped, it's going to take them a lot more effort than a simple binary search. The only secure system is one that doesn't work, perfect security isn't the goal. Good enough security is.