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jecobyuan: a low-usage R2 Infrequent Access test project billed $9.90.
Community user jecobyuan appeals a $9.90 R2 Infrequent Access charge on a test project ($9.00 Class A and $0.90 Class B for a few operations), saying they chose IA to cut storage cost without realizing operations pricing and free-tier exclusions. They opened case 02134721 and ask for a refund or adjustment.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Unknown
- Incident date
- Date not recorded
- First reported
- 2026-05-18
- Billing outcome
- Request submittedAuthor-reported
- Case progress
- Not established
- Public Cloudflare reply
- Not linked
Latest reported outcome
The author requests a refund or adjustment via case 02134721; community replies say billing must go through Support.
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Author appeals $9.90 R2 IA test charges
Open original sourceThe author reports $9.00 Class A and $0.90 Class B Infrequent Access charges on minimal test usage and asks for a review.
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