Projects showing "live: false" after bot attack — sites blank but account not soft-blocked

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I recently experienced a bot attack on one of my sites that caused a spike in edge requests, pushing me over the 1M Hobby plan limit. I’ve since fixed the issue and deleted the offending projects.

The problem:

  • My remaining live sites are now showing blank

  • When I checked with Vercel support, my projects are showing "live": false — but I didn’t make any changes to cause this

  • My account is not soft-blocked according to the system (softBlock is null)

  • The one-time Hobby unblock tool doesn’t work because the account isn’t technically soft-blocked

What I’ve tried:

  • Deleted the projects that caused the bot traffic

  • Moved two sites to separate Vercel accounts to isolate them

My questions:

  1. Why would my projects show live: false if I didn’t disable them?

  2. Could the edge request spike or deleting projects have triggered this?

  3. How can I get my sites back online?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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