Egress Rollout

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Rollout Plan

Phase 1: Egress Traffic Tracking Without Billing

During this phase, we will deploy the system to the Dev, Staging, and Production environments to begin tracking egress traffic without charging customers. This is possible because Stripe's new Billing Meter API allows us to record metrics for customers even if they are not associated with a price, which is critical for our existing customer base—we need to verify that everything is functioning correctly before initiating billing.

Tasks

• Update the Production Stripe API with the new Billing Meter to track egress traffic.
• Delegate access to Freeway, enabling it to invoke the usage/record capability.
• Implement a feature flag in the Freeway project to invoke the usage/record capability from w3infra (accounting service).
• Deploy the system to the Dev/Staging environments.
• Complete Production rollout.
• Track egress traffic without billing customers.
• Conduct end-to-end testing to ensure all components work as expected.

Phase 2: Billing Activation

In this phase, we will create new pricing tiers in the Stripe API and associate them with the Billing Meter and relevant customers. Once configured, Stripe will automatically generate invoices and charge customers based on their egress usage.

Tasks

• Price definition per tier.
• Create a new price tier and associate it with the Billing Meter in Stripe.
• Link the new price to each existing customer, ensuring they are placed in the appropriate active subscription tier.
• Blog Post / Announcement.