Source-linked reports: Amounts and outcomes come from the original reports and linked replies.
A voting page polling every three seconds: the author revises a $1,000 report.
@keking99 first reports about $1,000 for a voting page polling /api/result every three seconds. A later post reports $816.52 in accumulated usage as of October 4 and cites another screenshot total of $817.14.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Repeated polling
- Incident date
- Date not recorded
- First reported
- 2026-10-04 10:04 UTC
Latest reported outcome
The author clarifies that polling drove usage and reports $816.52 in accumulated usage as of October 4.
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Case timeline
Initial round-number report
Read on 𝕏The author reports about $1,000 and 2.6 billion requests from a voting page polling every three seconds.
王小克
@keking99 · Original 𝕏 post
爆了爆了爆了！Astra 我cnm，赔我1000刀！ 我的 deepseek 投票站是用 astra 几句话 vibe 的，我本月的 cf 账单整整 1000 刀！ 我要你实时显示票数，你给我来个只要开着网页就给我无限 api/result 3秒一次轮询，无限爆查是吧，光请求量干到了26亿次，这么基本的错误也能犯？现在知道瞎逼 vibe…
Polling distinguished from caching
Read on 𝕏The author clarifies that polling, rather than caching itself, drove usage.
王小克
@keking99 · Original 𝕏 post
这里不是 cache 的问题，我第二天就做了缓存，这里是26亿次请求，主要问题在实时返回票数的轮询，如果没有缓存账单应该更爆炸
More precise usage breakdown
Read on 𝕏The author reports $816.52 in accumulated usage for the September 11–October 10 billing period: $785.40 for requests and $31.12 for CPU. Another screenshot totals $817.14.
王小克
@keking99 · Original 𝕏 post
万众期待的 GPT6 三天爆亏一千刀的案例复盘来了！各位技术大牛赶快来评论区底下开始你的马后炮吧！321，开喷！ https://t.co/3Tz1xyJOQx
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