After exceeding my hobby plan build minutes limit, i waited for some day to recover it but now when going to deploy a git push, it’s not deploying and show 2hr 56 min / 0s in build time usage. How can i fix it? I am student, so I don’t have enough money to upgrade the plan.
Hi Sajol,
A couple of things to check here.
Vercel’s current Hobby plan docs list 6,000 build execution minutes, and Vercel’s limits docs also say a single build step has a 45 minute maximum duration. So if your dashboard is showing only 2h 56m / 0s, that sounds unusual unless the limit being hit is a different quota or the usage page is not showing the metric you expect.
I would first check the exact error on the failed deployment:
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Open the project in Vercel
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Go to Deployments
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Open the failed deployment
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Check the build log/error message
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Compare that with Usage to see which specific limit is being exceeded
Also check whether the project is under your personal Hobby account or a different team/workspace. Sometimes usage/limits can look confusing if the deployment is attached to a different scope.
If the error specifically says you exceeded Hobby limits but the usage page still shows only 2h 56m used, I would contact Vercel Support or post a screenshot of the exact deployment error and usage page with private details hidden. That may need staff to inspect the account-side quota state.
For reducing build usage, you can also try:
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Make sure unnecessary commits are not triggering deployments
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Disable automatic deployments for branches you do not need
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Fix build errors locally before pushing
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Use the build cache where possible
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Avoid expensive work during
next build
But based on the numbers you posted, I would first verify the exact quota being hit, because 2h 56m does not match the current published Hobby build-execution-minutes limit.