Will I be billed for a PostgreSQL cluster created by mistake and deleted after ~1 minute?

[Elchemista]

Hi everyone,
I accidentally created a Fly Postgres cluster when running fly launch (I missed the screen where you can choose “no DB”). I noticed immediately and deleted the cluster about a minute later. I didn’t connect to it or use it.

Will I still be billed for that brief creation time (about ~1 minute), or is billing only applied if it runs longer / is actively used?

Thanks for any clarification. The Postgres pricing is a bit high for my budget, so I want to make sure I didn’t accidentally incur charges.

[mayailurus]

Hi… As I understand it, a Managed Postgres cluster is billed in proportion to the length of time it was in existence:

Clusters created or deleted mid-month will have their pricing prorated accordingly.

So, if it was the Basic plan, then that would be $40 divided by the number of minutes in a month…

You can email billing@fly.io for the official word on this or any other billing policy:

https://fly.io/docs/about/support/#billing-and-account-support

That same account will also almost always roll back any charges that you incurred accidentally.

Hope this helps!

[Elchemista]

I will try to email then. Thank you for fast reply!

[jfent]

You can check your draft invoice for the current month at: https://fly.io/dashboard/ORG_SLUG/billing/invoices/upcoming

It should show if you have any charges related to the cluster and if so what they are.