I recently downgraded my plan from Pro to Hobby. After doing so, I realized my Vercel Blob storage was exceeding the Hobby plan’s limit (1.28GB out of 1GB max).
To resolve this, I deleted 800MB of files. My current storage usage is now at approximately 400MB, which is well below the 1GB Hobby limit.
However, my Vercel Blob store is still showing as blocked/paused, and my stored images are not visible. Since I am on the Hobby plan, I am unable to submit a direct support ticket to have this manually reviewed.
Could a Vercel team member please help me manually unpause/unblock this Blob store?
I’d edit the post and remove the Team ID. It is not a token, but it is still an account identifier that usually does not need to be public.
For the Blob block, I’d check which usage metric is actually causing the pause. Deleting files can reduce the latest stored size, but it may not immediately clear every Hobby limit state, especially if the blocking metric is based on the monthly/rolling usage calculation or data transfer rather than only current stored bytes.
In the Vercel dashboard, check the Blob store usage details and compare:
Current storage / latest stored size
Monthly average storage, if shown
Blob data transfer
Blob operations
Any banner that says when access resumes
Vercel’s Blob pricing docs say Hobby Blob works within the usage limits, and if limits are exceeded, access can be unavailable until 30 days have passed:
So if the dashboard now shows ~400MB stored but the store is still blocked, the useful public summary would be:
Plan changed from Pro to Hobby
Store was over Hobby Blob storage limit
Files were deleted and latest storage now shows ~400MB
Blob reads/images still return blocked/403
Dashboard banner/error text:
Whether Blob Data Transfer is also over limit:
Time files were deleted:
Do not post the BLOB_READ_WRITE_TOKEN, signed URLs, or private blob URLs. If the dashboard clearly shows all Blob metrics below Hobby limits and there is no “access resumes on…” message, then this may need Vercel to manually review the store state after the downgrade.