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R2bibhutipd-r2-ia-lifecycle-goodwill

bibhutipd: $9.01 for 644 R2 Infrequent Access operations; support says it will review a goodwill credit.

Community user bibhutipd (trailshorts.xyz) says a $9.01 charge came from 644 R2 Infrequent Access Class A operations rounded up to one million at $9.00 per million, after configuring IA through lifecycle rules without realising IA has no free tier. The author deleted the IA objects, switched to Standard and asks for a one-time goodwill credit. A community MVP replies that the policy is documented, then shares how to open a billing case. The author later says a ticket was created and the Cloudflare team confirmed it would review a one-time goodwill credit once the invoice is created.

What happened

Reported cause: Unknown
Incident date: Date not recorded
First reported: 2026-09-18
Billing outcome: Review promisedAuthor-reported
Case progress: Not established
Public Cloudflare reply: Not linked

Latest reported outcome

The author reports that Cloudflare confirmed it will review a one-time goodwill credit once the invoice is created; no credit is reported yet.

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Original sources

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Case timeline

2026-09-18
Author asks for a goodwill credit on $9.01
Open original source
The author says 644 IA Class A operations were rounded to one million and billed $9.01, and asks for a one-time goodwill credit.
2026-09-21
Author reports Cloudflare will review a goodwill credit
Open original source
The author says a ticket was created and the Cloudflare team confirmed it will review a one-time goodwill credit once the invoice is created.

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