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ytortac: a blocked download test logged 60 units of Stream minutes and a $1 overage.
Community user ytortac, new on the $5/month Stream Starter Bundle, says that after setting Allowed Origins and testing whether Internet Download Manager could capture a 20–30 minute video, the usage dashboard showed 60 units (60,000 minutes) of Stream Bundle Basic minutes viewed for that day and a $1 overage. The author suspects IDM entered an aggressive retry loop after being blocked and asks whether that explains it.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Traffic spike
- 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 for an explanation; no billing request or outcome is reported.
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Author reports a Stream minutes spike and $1 overage
Open original sourceThe author says a download-tool test against a restricted video logged 60,000 minutes viewed and a $1 overage.
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