Source-linked reports: Amounts and outcomes come from the original reports and linked replies.
mamun: disputed Workers AI charges and a downgrade during billing review.
Community user mamun says the team formally disputed unauthorized Workers AI charges, support confirmed a downgrade postponement during the review, and the account was downgraded to Free anyway. The author offers to pay the undisputed $330.46 but says partial payment is not supported.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Unknown
- Incident date
- 2026-09-07
- First reported
- 2026-09-30
- Billing outcome
- Under investigationAuthor-reported
- Case progress
- Not established
- Public Cloudflare reply
- Not linked
Latest reported outcome
The author says support confirmed a downgrade postponement while the billing dispute was under review; 23 days after opening case 02315758 there is no resolution.
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Case timeline
Author reports the disputed charge
Open original sourceThe author reports rotating the API token, finding no conclusive source in audit logs, and disputing the Workers AI charges with support. Paid features such as Load Balancer were disabled after the downgrade. The disputed amount is not stated; $330.46 is the undisputed portion. A community MVP says the ticket is the only route.
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