Question about Workers & DDoS

I am considering using Cloudflare Workers to host a Next.js website, but I have a question regarding billing in case of a DDoS attack. Currently, I use Vercel, and they compensate for the usage caused by such attacks. If a website hosted on Cloudflare Workers were to be targeted by a DDoS attack, would Cloudflare account for the additional usage in the billing, or they provide any compensation or protection to prevent unexpected charges? I have never hosted a site on Cloudflare Workers before, so I would appreciate any clarification on this matter.
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Walshy
Walshy22h ago
Ddos should be blocked by our products But yes, if they do not stop an attack we will make sure you're not charged for that. If that was to happen, just open a ticket and we can help out Feel free to ping me and I can make sure it's seen by the right people. Also helps that assets is free, likely a ddos would hit a static asset and it wouldn't be charged anyway But that depends on the site, obviously not always the case (like SSR)
EstePrime
EstePrimeOP22h ago
Thanks a lot, if that was to happen, where can I open a ticket? Directly on CF dashboard? (currently i'm a free user)
Walshy
Walshy22h ago
Yep, support at the top of the dashboard and then open a "Billing" ticket All users can open these tickets
EstePrime
EstePrimeOP22h ago
Thanks! ✅
EstePrime
EstePrimeOP22h ago
Lastly, static assets requests are counted here?
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Walshy
Walshy22h ago
no Static assets are free and do not count to Workers requests https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/static-assets/billing-and-limitations/#billing

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