It seems slightly different. Now, you are charged for 15 minutes, even if your instance was shut off most of that time. It's no longer extra idle time tagged on waiting for requests, but now a mandatory fee tagged on even if the scheduler shut you off after being idle for 2 minutes.
See example where you are active for 5 minutes, then get shut down, then back up after 4 minutes, then active for 3 minutes, then get shut down. You are charged for the 5 minutes active + 4 minutes shutdown + 3 minutes active + 15 minutes instance-startup fee = 27 minutes. Personally, I don't like it, as it feels more confusing - but I don't make the policy. I would have preferred a flat "we charge in increments of 15 minutes". ie once an instance is started, it will only be shutdown after multiples of 15 minutes, and charged for that live time (whether actively handling requests or not). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/GCjI0dfk6p8J. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
