Domain spending limits
An optional remaining allowance that controls how many more credits one authorized domain may spend from your shared account balance.
Why they exist
Every authorized domain draws on the same balance, with no reservation and no queue. Without a limit, the first site to run a large job can consume everything, and the others are left with nothing until you top up.
A limit is the fence that prevents that.
Setting one
In Your Current Domains, on the domain's row:
- Select Add limit.
- Enter the Maximum credits for this domain.
- Select Save limit.
The row then shows the limit instead of No limit (uses account balance), and records the Last limit update.
Changing or removing one
- Update limit changes the number.
- Remove limit returns the domain to drawing on the account balance, after a confirmation.
Both are immediate.
What the limit means
The displayed number is the domain's remaining allowance, not a reservation of account credits. Each successful use reduces both this allowance and the shared account balance. The domain stops when either reaches zero.
Two consequences:
- Remaining limits can total more than your balance. Three domains with 1,000 remaining each on a balance of 1,500 is legitimate; they are competing for the same 1,500.
- A limit does not guarantee availability. A domain with a 1,000 cap gets nothing if another site emptied the balance first.
If you need certainty for one site, the answer is a limit on the other sites, not a larger one on this.
Choosing the numbers
| Domain | Reasonable limit |
|---|---|
| Your main production site | None, or a generous cap |
| A client site | A cap that matches what they pay for |
| A staging or development site | A small cap — experiments are where credits vanish |
| A site you rarely touch | A small cap, as a tripwire |
Development sites deserve special mention: a loop left running against an AI feature is the classic way to discover how quickly credits go.
When a domain reaches its limit
AI operations on that site stop. Other domains are unaffected, and the account balance is untouched by the block.
Raise the limit, or leave it — a limit that has been reached is doing exactly what you set it to do.
Updating replaces the remaining amount
A limit is not a monthly quota. It does not roll over, refill or reset on a schedule. Selecting Update limit replaces the domain's current remaining allowance with the new number; it does not add that number to what remains.
If you want a periodic budget, set the new remaining amount yourself at the intended time and record that change. Removing the limit returns the domain to the shared account balance with no domain-specific ceiling.
Nothing warns you
There is no email and no notice when a domain approaches or reaches its limit, or when the account balance runs low. Check the balance and the usage logs when it matters — before a big job especially.
What limits do not do
- They do not reserve credits.
- They do not stop a site consuming the balance faster than you expected within its cap.
- They do not apply to the account as a whole. There is no global spending cap.