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Ah_bb
Ah_bb

Reputation: 349

How long does Colab's Usage limit lasts?

This message keeps popping out after I used two GPUs simultaneously for two notebooks from the same account for about half an hour (Colab wasn't running for 12 hours): Photo of pop-out message

You cannot currently connect to a GPU due to usage limits in Colab.

It has been about two hours since I last used colab, but the message still pops up. It would be really great if I know for how long does this lasts. I think it could be 12 hours but would want to know from someone who has experienced this. In my case, the GPUs are available, but due to recent excess computing and running one cell for long, I have reached my usage limit for gpus. However, I want to know that after how much waiting will colab let me use its GPUs again.

Update: It has been more than 2 days and colab still doesn't allow me to use GPUs. The usage limit message still pops out.

Upvotes: 22

Views: 87700

Answers (2)

Ah_bb
Ah_bb

Reputation: 349

The usage limit is pretty dynamic and depends on how much/long you use colab. I was able to use the GPUs after 5 days; however, my account again reached usage limit right after 30mins of using the GPUs (google must have decreased it further for my account). The situation really became normal after months of not using colab from that account. My suggestion is to have multiple google accounts for colab, so you could use the other accounts when facing usage limits. Sorry for not replying to the comments.

Upvotes: 8

dsanatomy
dsanatomy

Reputation: 533

GPU allocation per user is restricted to maximum 12 hours at a time. The next time you can use it will probably be after 12 hours or once a user has given up GPU ability. You may want to check Google Colab Pro which has some advantages over the non-paid version.

Upvotes: 14

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