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OpenCils: a $231 D1 charge reported waived after a three-month ticket.
@OpenCils reports emailing Cloudflare on June 24 about a D1 charge. He says billing support forwarded the ticket to billing engineering on August 27, and that Cloudflare later waived the $231 D1 charge as a one-time courtesy and lifted account restrictions.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Unknown
- Incident date
- Date not recorded
- First reported
- 2026-09-29 23:10 UTC
Latest reported outcome
The author reports that Cloudflare waived the $231 D1 charge as a one-time courtesy and lifted account restrictions, so the amount does not need to be paid. He later says the ticket took three months.
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Case timeline
Author reports D1 charge waived
Read on 𝕏The author says he emailed on June 24, billing support forwarded the ticket to billing engineering on August 27, and that this morning Cloudflare waived the $231 D1 charge as a one-time courtesy and lifted account restrictions.
OpenCils
@OpenCils · Original 𝕏 post
Cloudflare 真是赛博大善人，6 月 24 日我写的邮件，8 月 27 日，他们的账单支持（A. Ahmed）说工单已转给 billing engineering 审核，让先等着。 今天早上 7:02。 他们的人（Emily）说账单已经审核完了，231 美元的 D1 费用作为一次性优惠给免了，账号限制也解除了，这笔不用付。 🙏 pic.twitter.com/wyURAz0lY7
Author recaps in shmily7’s thread
Read on 𝕏Replying to shmily7, the author says he filed a ticket and after three months it was fully waived, adding that his amount was only a little over $200.
OpenCils
@OpenCils · Original 𝕏 post
我写了工单，花了 3 个月全免了，但是我的减免额度比你小啊，我才 200 多刀。
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