Source-linked reports: Amounts and outcomes come from the original reports and linked replies.
OperonAtlas: a one-time D1 import wrote 320.76 million billable rows, about $321; the $1 alert came after.
Community user user33412 runs OperonAtlas, a non-commercial academic research database on Workers and D1, and says a one-time large database import and indexing wrote about 370.76 million D1 rows, 320.76 million billable, about $321. A $1 budget alert only arrived after the operation had finished. The author first says a support case requesting a one-time adjustment was opened, then says no billing option could be found; an MVP asked which was the case.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Write volume
- Incident date
- Date not recorded
- First reported
- 2026-08-25
- Billing outcome
- Not recorded
- Case progress
- Not established
- Public Cloudflare reply
- Not linked
Original sources
Each entry links to the report or reply it describes.
Case timeline
Author asks for an adjustment
Open original sourceThe author reports about $321 from a one-time import and indexing and a $1 budget alert that arrived only afterwards.
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