Firebase Storage bucket fills up gradually as I don't upload anything

Question

I am working on a new project and the problem is my firebase storage is filling gradually up even as I dont use it, right now its 4,1 GB big.
I did not have a bucket c

Answer 1

A change to how firebase are deploying functions from node 10 onwards means they automatically add container image files to your cloud storage with every deployment. This counts towards your "Bytes stored" and "Bandwidth" limits in firebase.

To save costs you can delete all these files, and only deploy individual functions with firebase deploy --only functions:myFunctionName instead of deploying them all at once.

The following is a screenshot from firebase support: Links from image Cloud Build Container Registry Firebase pricing FAQ