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R2 replication frequency: an author reports a bill close to $100.
@lucianghinda links a bill close to $100 and over 20 million R2 Class A operations to Litestream setups without a replication interval.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Write volume
- Incident date
- Date not recorded
- First reported
- 2025-08-19 09:35 UTC
Latest reported outcome
The author explains that a missing replication interval caused repeated Litestream replication activity.
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Unexpected R2 operations reported
Read on 𝕏The author reports close to $100 and over 20 million Class A operations, attributing them to a forgotten Litestream replication interval.
Lucian Ghinda
@lucianghinda · Original 𝕏 post
Curious about how I ended up with an invoice nearing $100 for conducting over 20 million Class A operations on Cloudflare R2? I initiated several Litestream processes across a variety of side projects and forgot to set the sync interval! :) pic.twitter.com/nABDHQUICA
Backup context added
Read on 𝕏The author adds details about the Litestream backup setup.
Lucian Ghinda
@lucianghinda · Original 𝕏 post
The backup I was handling was more complex than the main production database. It included slight variations in the SQLite file because it automatically queried various external services to check the status of different entities.
Replication explanation shared
Read on 𝕏The author shares an explanation of the replication frequency used by Litestream.
Lucian Ghinda
@lucianghinda · Original 𝕏 post
Wrote a short note about it here:https://t.co/QaxtyqKWco
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