I've had a sudden spike in bandwidth on my #Netlify account (that powers Cybercultural.com), and it's not correlated with an increase in traffic.
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Richard MacManusreplied to Richard MacManus last edited by
I think this may have to be my solution (and yes, thanks AI Overviews). I just have no idea why my Netlify bandwidth has spiked, so that it's using over 50GB per day — which means the free tier gets used up in 2 days, and at this rate it would also go well over the Pro tier before the month is out. Also, if I stay on the free tier it means I'll get charged $55 every 2 days if this bandwidth spike continues! Crazy. If any #11ty heads have any thoughts, pls let me know.
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@ricmac Does Netlify not provide access logs or any access analytics?
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@mcg I'm on the free account and analytics + access logs are only available in Pro.
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Richard MacManusreplied to Richard MacManus last edited by
@simoncox I was doing some googling for a Cloudflare setup issue I'm having (won't recognize the yaml config file) and I noticed you use both Netlify and Cloudflare https://www.simoncox.com/shorts/2023-05-15-cloudflare-pages-error-with-11ty-build/. Have you ever come across the bandwidth spike problem in Netlify? Any idea what might be causing it?
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Simon Cox :SEO:replied to Richard MacManus last edited by
No. I saw that you had that issue but not happened to me on either platform. Can’t think why it’s happened - other than the AI scrape you suggested or some other tool. Shame we don’t have log files on Netlify.
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Richard MacManusreplied to Simon Cox :SEO: last edited by
@simoncox ok thanks. The bandwidth continues to be drained on my Netlify a.c, so I think I have no option but to switch it to Cloudflare. I am having an issue setting up redirects there, but the site itself is showing ok.
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Richard MacManusreplied to Richard MacManus last edited by
So just to illustrate my Netlify issue, the last 2 *days* I’ve had more bandwidth used than I usually use in 2 months. As I noted, there is no attendant spike in traffic to my site. So it must be some kind of DOS attack or an over-zealous bot(s). And at this rate, I will get a $55 bill from Netlify every 2 days. It’s nuts that this is even possible from a billing perspective. No reply yet from Netlify Support.
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Richard MacManusreplied to Richard MacManus last edited by
The DNS change to Cloudflare is propagating, and it is just a question of whether it will finish before Netlify charges me another $55 (I am still on the free plan and am not planning to enter my credit card into their system! i.e. not upgrading to Pro to alleviate the situation).
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Richard MacManusreplied to Richard MacManus last edited by
I realize nobody gives a shit about my Netlify bandwidth dilemma, but if you can’t shout into the void about these matters, what’s the point of social media?
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Bob Monsourreplied to Richard MacManus last edited by
@ricmac As a free-tier Netlify account holder with multiple sites there, I do give a shit…I just wish there was a clear answer. Makes me want to examine Cloudflare more closely as an option.
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Simon Cox :SEO:replied to Richard MacManus last edited by
Oh the redirects file I have is exactly the same name and format for Cloudflare and Netlify!
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/old.html /new 301
Although there are extra bits I have set up in the Netlify one like the :splat for the spare domains redirects I have parked on my own site.
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Richard MacManusreplied to Simon Cox :SEO: last edited by
@simoncox I was using a toml file for Netlify redirects, but I am using a yaml one for Cloudflare (admittedly, on ChatGPT’s instructions). It’s possible I am just doing the wrong thing, but I will look at it again tomorrow.
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Richard MacManusreplied to Bob Monsour last edited by
@bobmonsour I will keep you all informed. Definitely a concern…imagine if I was on holiday and returned to find a $1000 bill from Netlify!
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Sara Joy :happy_pepper:replied to Richard MacManus last edited by
@ricmac @bobmonsour didn't some guy get landed with a 100k bill after a bunch of people went nuts downloading an mp3 from his site?
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Sara Joy :happy_pepper:replied to Sara Joy :happy_pepper: last edited by
@ricmac @bobmonsour also, I use Netlify a lot. Yeah, it does worry me a bit. I keep meaning to move stuff away and never do because it's so convenient...
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Richard MacManusreplied to Sara Joy :happy_pepper: last edited by
@sarajw @bobmonsour I agree, and I generally like Netlify as a company, as they support the web. But this situation is not a good look for them, as large bills can easily be racked up — they automatically charge you for add-ons as each 100GB passes. I still don’t know what is causing the bandwidth spike.
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Sara Joy :happy_pepper:replied to Richard MacManus last edited by
@ricmac @bobmonsour yeah I mean after that 104k debacle I was pretty bothered - guess I pushed it to the back of my mind. I have so many little random sites online on Netlify like, I guess any one of them could go wild...
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Sara Joy :happy_pepper:replied to Sara Joy :happy_pepper: last edited by
@ricmac @bobmonsour do you have any big interesting files on there which people might be downloading?
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Richard MacManusreplied to Sara Joy :happy_pepper: last edited by
@sarajw @bobmonsour No, it’s just text and images. It started yesterday when I published my latest weekly post (Cybercultural.com), so I did wonder if it might have anything to do with the Buttondown emails I send out (which use images on the server)…but 56GB is a hell of a lot of bandwidth, so I find the email scenario hard to believe. It has to be a DOS or bot attack…