Purchase additional compute minutes

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• Offering: GitLab.com

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Compute minutes is the resource consumed when running CI/CD pipelines on GitLab.com instance runners. You can find pricing for additional compute minutes on the GitLab Pricing page.

Additional compute minutes:

• Are used only after the monthly quota included in your subscription runs out.
• Are carried over to the next month, if any remain at the end of the month.
• Are valid for 12 months from date of purchase if not consumed earlier.
• Expiry of compute minutes is not yet enforced, which allows their use even after the expiry date. However, GitLab does not guarantee that compute minutes will remain valid after the expiry date.
• Bought on a trial subscription are available after the trial ends or upgrading to a paid plan.
• Remain available when you change subscription tiers, including changes between paid tiers or to the Free tier.

Purchase compute minutes for a group

You can purchase additional compute minutes for your group. You cannot transfer purchased compute minutes from one group to another, so be sure to select the correct group.

Prerequisites:

• You must have the Owner role for the group or be a billing account manager.
• The billing account must be linked to the subscription for the group's namespace.

To purchase compute minutes for a group:

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1. Sign in to GitLab.com.
2. In the top bar, select Search or go to and find your group.
3. Select Settings > Usage quotas.
4. Select Pipelines.
5. Select Buy additional compute minutes. You are taken to the Customers Portal.
6. In the Subscription details section, in the Quantity field, enter the desired quantity of compute minute packs.
7. In the Customer information section, verify your address.
8. In the Billing information section, select a payment method from the dropdown list.
9. Select the Privacy Statement and Terms of Service checkbox.
10. Select Buy compute minutes.

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1. Go to Customers Portal.
2. On the subscription card, select the vertical ellipsis ({{< icon name="ellipsis_v" >}}) and then Buy more compute minutes.
3. In the Subscription details section, in the Quantity field, enter the desired quantity of compute minute packs.
4. In the Customer information section, verify your address.
5. In the Billing information section, select a payment method from the dropdown list.
6. Select the Privacy Statement and Terms of Service checkbox.
7. Select Buy compute minutes.

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After your payment is processed, the additional compute minutes are added to your group namespace. The additional compute minutes are displayed as Additional units on the Usage quotas page.

Purchase compute minutes for a personal namespace

To purchase additional compute minutes for your personal namespace:

1. Sign in to GitLab.com.
2. In the upper-right corner, select your avatar.
3. Select Edit profile.
4. In the left sidebar, select Usage quotas.
5. Select Buy additional compute minutes. You are taken to the Customers Portal.
6. In the Subscription details section, select the name of the user from the dropdown list.
7. Enter the desired quantity of compute minute packs.
8. In the Customer information section, verify your address.
9. In the Billing information section, select a payment method from the dropdown list.
10. Select the Privacy Statement and Terms of Service checkboxes.
11. Select Buy compute minutes.

After your payment is processed, the additional compute minutes are added to your personal namespace. The additional compute minutes are displayed as Additional units on the Usage quotas page.

Monthly rollover of purchased compute minutes

If you purchase additional compute minutes and don't use the full amount, the remaining amount rolls over to the next month. Additional compute minutes are a one-time purchase and do not renew or refresh each month.

For example, if you have a monthly quota of 10,000 compute minutes:

• On April 1, you purchase 5,000 additional compute minutes, so you have 15,000 minutes available for April.
• During April, you use 13,000 minutes, so you used 3,000 of the 5,000 additional compute minutes.
• On May 1, the monthly quota resets and the unused compute minutes roll over. So you have 2,000 additional compute minutes remaining and a total of 12,000 available for May.

Troubleshooting

Error: Last name can't be blank

You might get an error "Last name can't be blank" when purchasing compute minutes. This issue occurs when a last name is missing from the Full name field of your profile.

To resolve the issue:

• Ensure that your user profile has a last name filled in:

  1. In the upper-right corner, select your avatar.
  2. Select Edit profile.
  3. Update the Full name field to have both first name and last name, then save the changes.

• Clear your browser cache and cookies, then try the purchase process again.

• If the error persists, try using a different web browser or an incognito/private browsing window.

Error: Attempt_Exceed_Limitation - Attempt exceed the limitation, refresh page to try again

You might get the error Attempt_Exceed_Limitation - Attempt exceed the limitation, refresh page to try again. when purchasing compute minutes.

This issue occurs when the credit card form is re-submitted too quickly (three submissions in one minute or six submissions in one hour).

To resolve this issue, wait a few minutes and try the purchase process again.