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A 12 MB D1 database, a reported USD 1,966.35 invoice.
@imselmon reports a USD $1,966.35 D1 invoice for a roughly 12 MB database with over two billion row writes. The author says the activity is abnormal and is investigating the database usage.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Write volume
- Incident date
- Date not recorded
- First reported
- 2026-09-16 12:31 UTC
Latest reported outcome
The author says he is investigating the unusually high D1 row writes and tags Cloudflare support accounts.
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D1 invoice and write volume reported
Read on 𝕏The author reports USD $1,966.35, a roughly 12 MB database and over two billion row writes.
Salman Shaikh · MONARC
@imselmon · Original 𝕏 post
I’ve received an unexpected @Cloudflare D1 invoice of $1,966.35 USD for the latest billing period. My D1 database is only around 12 MB, but the billing dashboard shows over 2 billion rows written, resulting in an unusually high charge. I’ve investigated the usage and…
Support requested publicly
Read on 𝕏The author tags CloudflareDev, CloudflareHelp and Cloudflare.
Salman Shaikh · MONARC
@imselmon · Original 𝕏 post
@CloudflareDev @CloudflareHelp @Cloudflare
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