{"id":17015,"date":"2025-10-14T15:09:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T12:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/?p=17015"},"modified":"2025-10-27T17:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:02:12","slug":"flatlogic-update-automatic-app-pausing-and-new-billing-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/flatlogic-update-automatic-app-pausing-and-new-billing-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Flatlogic Update: Automatic App Pausing and New Billing Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;re introducing a new system to help optimize hosting resources and billing. Starting now, <strong>all apps will automatically go into sleep mode one day after their last credit usage<\/strong>, <strong>unless the always_on flag is enabled<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s what this means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#x1f539; <strong>If <\/strong><strong>always_on<\/strong><strong> is enabled:<\/strong> your app stays active and continues to be billed as usual.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#x1f539; <strong>If <\/strong><strong>always_on<\/strong><strong> is disabled:<\/strong> your app will be paused automatically and will not incur any hosting charges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of this change, <strong>your existing apps that matched the criteria have been paused<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Important:<\/strong> After two weeks, VMs that remain paused will be automatically deleted. Your code stored in GitHub will remain unaffected and secure.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How it works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"429\" data-src=\"https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-13-at-14.03.19-1024x429.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17018 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-13-at-14.03.19-1024x429.png 1024w, https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-13-at-14.03.19-600x251.png 600w, https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-13-at-14.03.19-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-13-at-14.03.19-1536x643.png 1536w, https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-13-at-14.03.19.png 1982w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/429;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want your app to stay active continuously, please follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Log in to your account and choose your project.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to your project <strong>Settings<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Resume<\/strong> on the paused app(s).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enable the <strong>always_on<\/strong> flag to keep them running and billed going forward.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, under the Editor tab, we have introduced a convenient feature allowing you to manually pause and unpause your VM directly. This provides more granular and immediate control over your hosting resources, enabling you to quickly respond to varying workload demands or maintenance needs without negatively affecting your billing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Alesia-Sirotka_s-Video-Oct-13-2025-VEED.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17019 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 724px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 724\/360;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for your understanding and for being part of our developer community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting now, all apps will automatically go into sleep mode one day after their last credit usage, unless the always_on flag is enabled. 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