Approaches for overcoming 10000 file limit on Google App Engine?

Question

Google App Engine currently has a 10,000 file limit per project.

I have a couple questions:

1. Has anyone seen any indications from Google that this wi

Answer 1

You could have your app store the images in Google Cloud Storage (GCS), as app data, not as app static files, so they wouldn't count towards the app's 10k files limit.

Actually I shouldn't even call them app data, as they can be any files, not even related to GAE. And GCS can serve them like any other CDS, as illustrated in this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/15969224/4495081

You can find specific GCS integration notes for other Google Cloud Platform products including GAE here.