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Durable Objects: a hackathon evaluation program leads to a billing complaint.
@nukonuko reports an unexpectedly large Cloudflare invoice, stops the suspected Durable Objects usage and asks support for a refund. Later posts link the incident to a hackathon evaluation program and say income will go toward the bill.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Unknown
- Incident date
- Date not recorded
- First reported
- 2026-08-04 16:15 UTC
Latest reported outcome
The author contacted support to request a refund and later said income would go toward the Cloudflare expense.
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Case timeline
Unexpected invoice reported
Read on 𝕏The author reports an unexpectedly large invoice and says he stopped the suspected Durable Objects usage.
ぬこぬこ / NUKO 🇯🇵
@nukonuko · Original 𝕏 post
Cloudflare からの請求書つらいって... こんなに金額が行くとは思っていないよ...サポートセンターに問い合わせたらなんとかならないかな... どうも Durable Object が原因っぽい？とりあえず止めた pic.twitter.com/fUM3re7zRq
Refund requested
Read on 𝕏The author says he contacted support to ask whether a refund was possible.
ぬこぬこ / NUKO 🇯🇵
@nukonuko · Original 𝕏 post
とりあえずサポートに返金してもらえないか、連絡してみた さすがに無職にはこの金額厳しい... pic.twitter.com/Ycc5nm4L4k
Hackathon program identified
Read on 𝕏The author links the expense to a July 18 hackathon evaluation program.
ぬこぬこ / NUKO 🇯🇵
@nukonuko · Original 𝕏 post
解析完了＆無事爆死しましたw みんな Cloudflare Durable Objects には気をつけよう！ 原因は 7/18 に私が主催した OpenAI のハッカソンの評価プログラムでした！ サブスクでカンパしてくださると助かりますw 詳細な分析と対策についてそちらに書き記しておきますhttps://t.co/thSSDRgRBg https://t.co/yp5CsbTpmm pic.twitter.com/7RwuFToRt4
Income intended to cover expense
Read on 𝕏The author says income will go toward the Cloudflare expense.
ぬこぬこ / NUKO 🇯🇵
@nukonuko · Original 𝕏 post
やったぜ！Cloudflare 爆死分にあてますwww
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