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D1 migration: the author reports a $911.56 charge after stopping the job.
@m0xandrew says a hobby-project D1 migration reached 8,274% of a budget alert, so he stopped it and requested a one-time waiver. He later reports a $911.56 charge, closure of the old case and opening a new support case.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Write volume
- Incident date
- Date not recorded
- First reported
- 2026-09-03 09:04 UTC
Latest reported outcome
The author requested one-time billing grace on September 3. On September 10, he reported a $911.56 charge, no D1 writes since September 3, migration off D1 and a new support case.
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Case timeline
Migration stopped and waiver requested
Read on 𝕏The author says the migration reached 8,274% of a budget alert, stopped it and requested a one-time billing grace.
Max Andrew
@m0xandrew · Original 𝕏 post
Hobbyist on Workers Paid. A D1 data migration ran to 8274% of my budget alert. Fixed on my side, migration stopped, ticket #02310917. Is it possible to request a one-time billing grace? @CloudflareHelp
Author reports ticket closure
Read on 𝕏The author says the support agent closed the ticket and put the charge through.
Max Andrew
@m0xandrew · Original 𝕏 post
Update: the support agent closed the ticket and didn’t offer any resolution before just putting the charge through. Really trying to get some support on this. @CloudflareHelp
Invoice charge and new case reported
Read on 𝕏The author reports a $911.56 charge and says he opened case 02321866 after the earlier case closed before invoicing.
Max Andrew
@m0xandrew · Original 𝕏 post
Update: The invoice issued and charged at $911.56. Case 02310917 was closed pending the invoice, so I have opened case #02321866 with the invoice number as support asked. D1 writes on the account have been zero since 3 September and the databases are off D1. @CloudflareHelp
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