A 50% increase in cost in one month is concerning. I understand you have cost limits set on the account. But you shouldn't be on the hook for it if it keeps going up like this. In the absence of any more complete plan, you could set a low billing limit per month and just let it fail after that. On Wed, Jun 04, 2025 at 02:45:09PM -0400, Cecylia Bocovich via anti-censorship-team wrote:
Here's a breakdown of SQS costs in April and May. We've seen a steady increase in the usage of SQS in the last few months. I've attached a plot of the number of client poll requests using SQS. It's still a very low fraction of rendezvous polls.
# April
- First 1,000,000 Amazon SQS Requests per month are free
1,000,000 Requests
- $0.40 per million Amazon SQS standard requests in Tier1 in US East (N Virginia)
13,349,269 Requests
Total charges: USD 5.34
# May
- First 1,000,000 Amazon SQS Requests per month are free
1,000,000 Requests
- $0.40 per million Amazon SQS standard requests in Tier1 in US East (N Virginia)
20,056,380 Requests
Total charges: USD 8.02