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Argo Smart Routing enabled from a homepage popup produced a reported $1,700 bill.
valorismusicstudio says Argo Smart Routing was enabled after a homepage popup that seemed to cost only $5 per month, then an unexpected bill of about $1,700 arrived. The author turned Argo off, asked for a waiver of the charges and of potential charges for the first three days of the next month, and later said support had not responded.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Traffic spike
- Incident date
- Date not recorded
- First reported
- 2025-09-06
- Billing outcome
- Request submittedAuthor-reported
- Case progress
- Not established
- Public Cloudflare reply
- Not linked
Latest reported outcome
The author asks for a waiver and later says Cloudflare support had not responded.
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Case timeline
Author reports unexpected Argo bill
Open original sourceThe author says a homepage popup led to enabling Argo and a roughly $1,700 bill, requests a waiver, and turns the feature off.
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