I have two related questions re. GCP and limit on a number of projects:
A) Is there a hard limit on the number of projects allowed per organization? I know the default limit can be increased, just curious if there's any ceiling. Two reasons:
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We're bringing projects under automation, therefore we need to test this and create/delete projects more often.
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We're considering using project per customer model, and I'm wondering if this might limit us in the future.
B) Is there a way to force delete projects immediately? Normally these get shut down and scheduled for deletion in 30-days or so, but even projects that are shut down, do count against the project quota and will prevent you from creating new ones.
Thanks
Best Answer
A) There's no hard ceiling for projects' quota, but any quota increase has to be requested on [1]. Regularly, you may get from 5-10 projects to 50 or more, but if you need even more, then it will depend upon your usage of the service and other considerations to grant your organization an higher quota. There's a FAQ that would help you have a better idea about this [2].
B) Currently, immediate deletion of projects is not supported, but you may check and vote a related feature request on [3]. According to the documentation [4], the project will count towards your quota usage until actual deletion of the project.
But, your quota may be automatically adjusted over time. If you deleted the project and tried to create new project and got quota limit error, but then you were able to create a new project, you may check if you can create another one, if you do then your quota may has been automatically increased. In some cases, you can check your remaining quota when creating a project [5].
[1] https://support.google.com/code/contact/project_quota_increase
[2] https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6330231
[3] https://googlecloudplatform.uservoice.com/forums/299943--google-cloud-platform/suggestions/32242681-allow-immediate-deletion-of-projects
[4] https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-projects#shutting_down_projects
[5] https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-projects#managing_project_quotas