Source-linked reports: Amounts and outcomes come from the original reports and linked replies.
pwaguide: $10 a month for Additional Page Rules after downgrading.
Community user pwaguide says that after downgrading to Free the account is still billed $10.00 a month for 10 Additional Page Rules they did not intend to subscribe to, with no cancel option in the dashboard.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Unknown
- Incident date
- Date not recorded
- First reported
- 2026-09-14
- Billing outcome
- Request submittedAuthor-reported
- Case progress
- Not established
- Public Cloudflare reply
- Not linked
Latest reported outcome
The author asks for cancellation and a review of the charge, then reports opening a ticket.
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Case timeline
Author reports the disputed charge
Open original sourceThe invoice line is Additional Page Rules, Aug 13 to Sep 12, 2026, 10 × $1.00. A community MVP asks how many Page Rules exist and explains that Free zones include 3 rules versus 20 on Pro. The author later says a ticket was created.
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