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TriStrac: a renewal fee charged on consecutive days.

Community user TriStrac says a one-year renewal for striel.xyz was bought on August 17 and another renewal charge followed on August 18, with ticket #02285867 open. A community MVP thinks the system adjusted the invoices so they match.

What happened

Reported cause: Unknown
Incident date: Date not recorded
First reported: 2026-08-18
Billing outcome: Request submittedAuthor-reported
Case progress: Not established
Public Cloudflare reply: Not linked

Latest reported outcome

The author has billing ticket #02285867 open under Refunds. A community MVP says the invoices appear to have been adjusted automatically.

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Case timeline

2026-08-18
Author reports the disputed charge
Open original source
The author posts screenshots of the August 17 and 18 charges and says the My Cases page is not accessible on the Free tier. The amount is not stated.

Author experienceAccount-wide usage-based products +1

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D1 migration: the author reports a $911.56 charge after stopping the job.

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Official docsAccount-wide usage-based products

Budget alerts

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Other

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Durable Objects

A software defect drove a Durable Objects usage spike and a $3,800+ invoice; support declined a refund under standard policy.

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Author experienceWorkers +4

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