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edwardnguyen061994: $500 balance from an accidental game-traffic bug.
Community user edwardnguyen061994 reports a $500 account balance from an accidental game traffic bug on rumyfriend.com, says prior case 02239554 was closed, and that the support portal now blocks new billing tickets while he seeks to negotiate the balance down to $150 after patching the bug.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Traffic spike
- Incident date
- Date not recorded
- First reported
- 2026-09-01
- Billing outcome
- Request submittedAuthor-reported
- Case progress
- Not established
- Public Cloudflare reply
- Not linked
Latest reported outcome
The author seeks a settlement toward $150 after patching the bug; community replies explain how to open a Free-plan billing case. No Cloudflare billing outcome is reported.
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Author reports $500 overage balance lockout
Open original sourceThe author reports a $500 balance from an accidental game traffic bug, a closed prior case, and inability to open a new billing ticket.
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