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Workerso2coolwow-r2-queue-worker-loop

An R2 to Queue to Worker loop ran for a week, about $818.

Community user o2coolwow says an accidental recursive R2 event-notification loop (R2 to Queue to Worker to R2) from May 14 to 20, 2026 caused about $818 of unintended usage on an account that normally bills $0 to $60 a month. A support case with an incident report was filed on May 20; after seven business days without a substantive response, they ask for a pre-invoice adjustment before the next invoice.

What happened

Reported cause: Unbounded loop
Incident date: 2026-05-14
First reported: 2026-06-01
Billing outcome: Request submittedAuthor-reported
Case progress: Not established
Public Cloudflare reply: Not linked

Latest reported outcome

The author says a support case filed on May 20 asks for a pre-invoice adjustment and had no substantive response after seven business days.

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Case timeline

2026-06-01
Author reports the loop
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The author reports about $818 from an R2, Queue and Worker loop and asks for an adjustment.

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