Railway

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 "shape": {
  "vcpu": 1,
  "ram_gib": 0.5,
  "disk_gib": 0.5,
  "gpu_class": null,
  "gpu_count": null
 },
 "billing_model": "usage-credit",
 "granularity": {
  "min_billed_s": 1,
  "rounding_s": 1
 },
 "session_cap": {
  "wall_clock_min": null,
  "idle_reap_s": null,
  "restart_required": false,
  "note": "no sleep: the service runs until the credit or the plan limit stops it"
 },
 "keep_rate": {
  "value": 1.0,
  "basis": "memory remains billable while a VM waits for work",
  "source": "https://railway.com/pricing"
 },
 "persistent_storage": {
  "included_gib": 4,
  "price_gib_month": "USD 0.15",
  "durability": "volume",
  "survives_stop": true,
  "survives_destroy": false,
  "max_retention": "unclaimed boxes are deleted"
 },
 "network_out": {
  "allow_outbound": true,
  "allow_inbound_listen": true,
  "ports": "the service port plus TCP proxying; the Limited Trial restricts outbound to a limited port set",
  "static_ip": false,
  "ipv6": false,
  "per_session_bytes": null
 },
 "free_tier_kind": "monthly-usage-credit",
 "m10h_usd": 2.06,
 "m24h_usd": 5.0,
 "price_arithmetic": "0.5 GB x USD 10/GB/month = USD 5.00 a month at 24/7; 10 h a day is 0.5 x 10 x 30 / 730 x 10 = USD 2.06; USD 1 of free credit covers 146 h",
 "probe_result": "railway.new:22 timed out; see evidence probe:railway.new:22",
 "census_rows": [
  "railway-free-vm"
 ],
 "burst_x": 1.0,
 "wave2": {
  "verdict_change": "trial-only -> qualifies-with-caveat on 2026-10-22"
 },
 "shape_note": "1 vCPU, 0.5 GB RAM, 1 GB ephemeral plus 0.5 GB volume, as the vendor's Free row states",
 "term": "monthly",
 "credit_usd": 5,
 "credit_monthly_usd": 1,
 "credit_months_at_shape": 0.013,
 "credit_hours_at_shape": 9.6,
 "credit_expiry": "the USD 5 expires after 30 days; the USD 1 resets monthly"
}

• $.reliability_note none-observed

{
 "wg_path": "none",
 "wg_detail": "TCP proxy only: \"TCP proxies expose non-HTTP application ports, such as database or game server ports, to the public internet. Only one TCP proxy is allowed per service instance.\" No UDP path.",
 "ingress": "tcp",
 "volume_tib_month": null,
 "volume_stated": "No byte allowance on the Free plan: $1/month of credit against egress at $0.05 per GB.",
 "bytes_transit": "yes",
 "transit_note": "Railway's edge terminates the TCP proxy and forwards to the service."
}

• $.per_object_cap.stated not-applicable
• $.retention.stated not-applicable

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "Free plan is a $1/month credit, and volumes are 0.5 GB on Free with 1 volume per project: 'Free and Trial plans: 0.5GB'. Volumes are a block device mounted into a container, not an HTTP-fetc",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

• $.chaining not-recorded
• $.confidence_note withheld
• $.egress.terms not-recorded
• $.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
• $.free_tier.notes process
• $.identity_cost.detail defaulted
• $.identity_cost.kind identity-defaulted
• $.interface interface-unknown
• $.interface_detail withheld
• $.limits_note process
• $.per_object_cap.notes not-recorded
• $.per_object_cap.stated not-recorded
• $.retention.notes process
• $.retention.stated not-recorded
• $.tooling not-recorded