Source-linked reports: Amounts and outcomes come from the original reports and linked replies.
user67313: $5.50 monthly APO charges after disabling the service.
user67313 says APO is disabled across all zones, but $5.50 monthly charges continue and the subscription is missing from the dashboard’s cancellation list. The author requests cancellation and a refund.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Unknown
- Incident date
- Date not recorded
- First reported
- Date not recorded
- Billing outcome
- Request submittedAuthor-reported
- Case progress
- Not established
- Public Cloudflare reply
- Not linked
Latest reported outcome
The author requests cancellation of the recurring $5.50 charge and a refund.
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Case timeline
Undated
Author reports the disputed charge
Open original sourceThe author identifies a June 21, 2026 invoice, says the disabled setting was also confirmed through the API, and asks for escalation to stop recurring charges and process a refund. A community MVP says the forum is not an escalation channel.
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shmily7: a Durable Object alarm loop and a reported US$10,811.41 bill.
@shmily7 reports a Durable Object alarm loop in an unused test project, then says he paid the full US$10,811.41 bill to avoid service suspension. Cloudflare’s Ashley Peacock publicly says he is looking into it internally and will follow up. Cloudflare’s Dane Knecht later replies that he escalated it too. On October 9 the author declares the case closed: he reports that, with Ashley Peacock’s help, Cloudflare decided to refund the charges incurred during the bug in full, with the money still to arrive, and posts the support ticket reply he received.
Jiuhong: a vibe-coded Durable Objects bug, a $600+ overnight bill and a reported 80% account credit.
Replying on X in the shmily7 thread, Jiuhong (@indiehacker9527) says a bug from vibe coding in Durable Objects produced a bill of more than $600 overnight a few months earlier. After several rounds of negotiation stressing system defects, he says 80% was returned as account credit for future charges rather than to his card, that Cloudflare promised product improvements, and that he also received a startup credit package.