Source-linked reports: Amounts and outcomes come from the original reports and linked replies.
trylockey: $9.90 billed for 10 R2 operations.
Community user trylockey says the Jul 10 – Aug 9, 2026 cycle billed $9.90 for a total of 10 R2 operations and asks how to open a billing case. A community MVP says this usually means an Infrequent Access bucket, which has no free usage and bills a flat minimum.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Unknown
- Incident date
- Date not recorded
- First reported
- 2026-07-15
- Billing outcome
- Not recorded
- Case progress
- Not established
- Public Cloudflare reply
- Not linked
Latest reported outcome
The author asks how to raise the charge with Billing and thanks the MVP after finding the ticket button; no outcome is reported.
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Case timeline
Author reports the disputed charge
Open original sourceA community MVP explains the Infrequent Access minimum of $9.00/$0.90 for the first million operations and how to reveal the ticket button.
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