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Your Magic Meal Kits server runs in your own Google Cloud project. If you started on the Google Cloud free trial, you must activate billing (upgrade) before the trial ends; otherwise Google Cloud suspends the project and your server stops.
Upgrade is required. If you were on the Google Cloud free trial, the service is suspended once the trial ends unless you complete the upgrade (activate billing).

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How to upgrade

These steps use the previous screen (v1). The App Status screen on the new dashboard (v2) doesn’t have this button yet, so do this on the previous screen at make.magicmealkits.com/app-status. We’ll update this page once the new screen has the button.
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Open Google Cloud Console from the app

On the Magic Meal Kits App Status screen, click Open in Google Cloud Console.
Open in Google Cloud Console button on the Magic Meal Kits App Status screen
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Find the free-trial notice banner

In Google Cloud Console, look at the notice banner across the top. A free-trial message with an Activate (활성화) / Upgrade (업그레이드) button means you’re still on the free trial.
Google Cloud free-trial notice banner with Activate button
3

Activate billing (upgrade)

Click Upgrade (업그레이드) / Activate (활성화) in the banner and follow the prompt to add a billing account. Once billing is active, the project is no longer time-limited and the server keeps running.
Google Cloud Upgrade button in the free-trial banner
After upgrading, double-check that billing is active on your project. The installer’s Recheck Billing step (see the installation guide) confirms it before deploying.

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Google Cloud billing

  • Google Cloud is a pay-as-you-go service.
  • After the free trial ends, an active billing account is required.
  • If billing isn’t set up correctly, the service cannot run.

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Does Google Cloud charge you?

  • The service is designed to run within Google Cloud’s free usage tier.
  • For normal use, you typically pay nothing extra.
  • Only heavy/excessive traffic may incur a small Google Cloud charge.

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Still stuck?

If the server doesn’t recover right after you activate billing, give it 20–30 minutes; cold start / propagation can return 503 or 429 for a while, which is normal; don’t redeploy repeatedly. If it still fails, contact support with your account email.