Source-linked reports: Amounts and outcomes come from the original reports and linked replies.
D1 import failures reset the database and inflated writes to about 550 million rows.
ken7 reports migrating a read-heavy site to Workers with D1, then repeated internal D1 failures that reset the instance and forced full re-imports. The author says about 550,456,381 rows written on the invoice reflect failed import retries rather than production usage, and requests a waiver or credit. No dollar amount is given.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Write volume
- Incident date
- Date not recorded
- First reported
- 2026-03-01
- Billing outcome
- Request submittedAuthor-reported
- Case progress
- Not established
- Public Cloudflare reply
- Not linked
Latest reported outcome
The author says a billing support ticket had no response for over a month and requests a waiver or credit for the inflated write usage.
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Case timeline
Author disputes D1 writes from failed imports
Open original sourceThe author reports about 550 million rows written from repeated D1 import resets and asks for a waiver or credit without stating a dollar amount.
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