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ploywithluv: an accidental Stream usage spike projected at $37+ on a $5 add-on.
Community user ploywithluv, a student on the Free plan with the $5 Stream add-on, says a misconfiguration caused an accidental usage spike projected at more than $37. The author deleted the video to stop the charges and asks staff to open a billing ticket so they can request a courtesy waiver, saying the support portal does not allow a billing ticket on the Free base plan and emails to billing@cloudflare.com are rejected. The $37+ figure is a projection, so no reported charge is recorded.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Unknown
- Incident date
- Date not recorded
- First reported
- 2026-09-03
- Billing outcome
- Request submittedAuthor-reported
- Case progress
- Not established
- Public Cloudflare reply
- Not linked
Latest reported outcome
The author asks for a courtesy waiver in the thread; no outcome is reported.
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Author asks for a waiver of a projected Stream spike
Open original sourceThe author says a misconfiguration produced a Stream usage spike projected at $37+ and asks for help requesting a courtesy waiver.
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