Preventing RStudio Cloud Usage Hours While Project is Inactive

[Reubs_Walsh]

Originally posted at RStudio Cloud Space Usage Metrics —view usage metrics for any shared space where your role is admin or moderator - #2

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Following on from this post:

Manually stop project hours from accumulating when not working?

I've noticed that even after I have closed all of my RStudio tabs, my project hours still seem to increase from the point where they were when I exited. In one of the discussions here on the community, I found: "One more note on usage charges - we currently suspend the R session after 15 minutes of inactivity - and then suspend the container 15 minutes after that. We currently charge the entire 30 minutes as usage against your account. However, we are in the process of updating the code so that you will not be charged for the 15 minutes while the R session is suspended." Is there a way to manually stop the clock on RStudio Cloud counting project hours? My students are just learning the b…

Is this problem still applicable, or has it now been solved?

For context: The time it took me to install a few packages racked up 9.3 "hours" (partly because the packages are big and therefore needed more RAM and CPUs to compile correctly, but also because there's currently literally NO way to stop the usage record from ticking ever upwards even if it's just sitting there, even if I log out, even if I close the tab...) I also wasn't really expecting the "hours" to be counted faster when using the extra CPU/RAM that comes with the Premium account, so may I suggest that this should be advertised rather more clearly?

Aside from this I have to say my impression so far is that this is a really great service, so thank you.
Best,
Reubs