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colab061215: a $4.88 minimum bill for a few cents of Cache Reserve and R2 usage.
Community user colab061215 says a $4.88 invoice appeared although the account did not knowingly use paid services; actual Cache Reserve and R2 metered usage was under $0.05, but the system generated a $4.88 minimum bill. The author checked billing usage and settings, disabled anything that might charge, and submitted billing ticket 01849980 in the Refunds area.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Unknown
- Incident date
- Date not recorded
- First reported
- 2025-11-24
- Billing outcome
- Request submittedAuthor-reported
- Case progress
- Not established
- Public Cloudflare reply
- Not linked
Latest reported outcome
The author asks for a refund through ticket 01849980; no outcome is reported.
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Case timeline
Author disputes a $4.88 minimum bill
Open original sourceThe author says metered usage was under $0.05 but a $4.88 minimum bill was generated, and opens ticket 01849980.
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