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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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. i.e. a 10x increase in bandwidth usage over past 2 days, which has triggered an extra fee at Netlify. I have emailed their support, but has anyone else seen bandwidth spikes unrelated to page views on Netlify? Could this be some kind of spam attack, or an AI bot bashing my site??
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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?