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Update LFS docs to help clarify recent customer questions (#60123)
Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Joe Clark <31087804+jc-clark@users.noreply.github.com>
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## How use of {% data variables.large_files.product_name_short %} is measured
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Each {% data variables.product.github %} account receives a quota of free bandwidth and storage for {% data variables.large_files.product_name_long %} ({% data variables.large_files.product_name_short %}). Any usage beyond the included amounts is billed to your account.
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Previously, {% data variables.large_files.product_name_short %} billing used pre-paid data packs. These have been removed and replaced with metered billing and you only pay for what you actually use.
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Each {% data variables.product.github %} account includes a quota of free bandwidth and storage for {% data variables.large_files.product_name_long %} ({% data variables.large_files.product_name_short %}). If you exceed this quota, what happens next depends on your {% data variables.large_files.product_name_short %} budget setting:
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* **Budget set to $0**: You are not charged for overages, but {% data variables.large_files.product_name_short %} usage is blocked for the rest of the calendar month. Usage resets on the first of the next month.
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* **Budget deleted**: There is no spending limit, and you are billed for all usage beyond the free quota.
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* **Bandwidth:** Your free quota resets at the start of each billing cycle.
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* **Storage:** Charges accrue continuously throughout the month based on hourly usage. Your accrued storage total resets to zero at the begining of each billing cycle.
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* **Storage:** Charges accrue continuously throughout the month based on hourly usage. Your accrued storage total resets to zero at the beginning of each billing cycle.
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{% data variables.large_files.product_name_short %} storage is calculated based on all {% data variables.large_files.product_name_short %} objects associated with a repository, regardless of when they were uploaded. Storage usage is only zero when no {% data variables.large_files.product_name_short %} objects are associated with the repository.
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If you delete {% data variables.large_files.product_name_short %} objects partway through a calendar month, the storage usage for that month is not recalculated. Storage resets on the first of the following month.
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To learn how to reduce your usage going forward, see [AUTOTITLE](/repositories/working-with-files/managing-large-files/removing-files-from-git-large-file-storage).
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Working in a public or private repository with {% data variables.large_files.product_name_short %}:
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In this example, you would pay for 1.5 GiB of additional storage for the month of April.
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## Included usage alerts for {% data variables.large_files.product_name_short %}
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You can receive email notifications when your included {% data variables.large_files.product_name_short %} usage reaches 90% and 100% during a billing period. See [AUTOTITLE](/billing/concepts/product-billing/git-lfs#how-use-of-git-lfs-is-measured) to learn more about why you may be receiving the notification.
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For more information, including on how to disable them, see [AUTOTITLE](/billing/concepts/budgets-and-alerts#included-usage-alerts).
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If you’d like to continue using LFS storage and bandwidth for the current calendar month, you can [adjust the account’s budget to allow overages](/billing/concepts/product-billing/git-lfs#paying-for-additional-git-lfs-use). On your next billing date, you’ll be charged for the actual usage in the previous calendar month.
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## Managing your budget for {% data variables.large_files.product_name_short %}
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{% data reusables.billing.default-over-quota-behavior %}
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You can also receive email notifications when your included {% data variables.large_files.product_name_short %} usage reaches 90% and 100% during a billing period. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/billing/concepts/budgets-and-alerts#included-usage-alerts).
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## Further reading
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* [AUTOTITLE](/repositories/working-with-files/managing-large-files/about-git-large-file-storage)

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