AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data - $1.7 BILLION

24•nprateem•1h ago

URL already posted: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status

I've got an estimated bill for $1.7 BILLION over this month. Normal usage is < $5.

Obvs have created an urgent AWS support ticket. Anyone else seeing something like this?

Update: Reddit link: https://www.reddit.com/r/aws/comments/1uyuaw7/help_my_bill_skyrocketed_from_around_5_cents_per/

Comments

balintpeter•1h ago

Yea, same here. $420M+ bill, when we have <10$ per month usually.

ninjin-carh•1h ago

I got 109 billion - am I the winner?

nprateem•1h ago

Depends. Did you also get a free heart attack?

princetman•1h ago

Sorry mate, $241,946,798,744.75 for Glacier here.

meraku•1h ago

Same here. Usually $0.15 per month, current bill is $15.4 billion.

Hamuko•29m ago

I went from 0.03€ to $8B.

pqvst•1h ago

Probably the closest I've ever been to getting a heart attack. Normally <$1 per month, and now suddenly $284,006,266,443.74. Whatever the bug is on their end, this is unforgivable.

zengineer•39m ago

Same - just had some malicious bots running through my platform last week and really thought they found a security hole after all. Even though the amount sounded ridicoulus, I got quite nervous and a very bad feeling when I logged-in AWS and saw that price.

tlovage•55m ago

I got estimated costs of $56.something billions. Usually ~$100/month. My heart rate currently still sits at around 160 bpm. Motherfuckers.

rvz•46m ago

I expect such incidents like this to continue. So please keep vibe coding.

lukaslueg•37m ago

Apparently what used to be `GB of storage consumed` is confused with `Bytes of storage consumed`, leading to a cool off by 2*30 error.

> You're right to question my calculation. The MCP server failed to connect when I tried to look up the field definition. I guessed instead of validating. This is on me. But look at all the revenue!

realizer•35m ago

$627,487,837,871.49

I might be a winner.

iamrik9•34m ago

I feel much better after seeing the $B estimates here; I only have an estimate of $34M so far

Folks can track it directly on AWS Health: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status

rucury•32m ago

Uhh class action incoming? $34,909,930,575.09 over here.

Hamuko•26m ago

I hope they send out some free credits at least. I imagine quite a few people got a real fucking scare today. They haven't even sent out any corrections yet.

akerl_•8m ago

What would your damages be? They’re not actually going to charge your credit card for 34 billion.

zcemycl•32m ago

Aws has created more unicorns than any accelerators.

philipallstar•28m ago

Maybe they're using too many humans and not enough AI in their software development. That must be it.

cyanydeez•20m ago

AWS has become the uber employer: before AWS, you just had regular employers steeling employee wages bit by bit by forcing work, skipping breaks, etc.

All hail the new generations of our uberployers.

marksk•18m ago

logged in this morning to find a bill of $595 Billion... heart rate went through the roof... then I noticed the open issue, phew! nice one guys... you got me there...

But with AWS costs rising anyway (not by that much but OK), I'm probably not the only one to start reconsidering their cloud strategy. I think this might have just pushed me over the edge.

im-broke•16m ago

Help, what is this number - US$87,967,679,887,258.36

GuestFAUniverse•11m ago

Don't worry. With so much debt banks start to treat you with respect. /S

Honestly, I would worry more about estimated billing that seems plausible in general, but is way to high for you personally. These ridiculous amounts? Not so much.

Hamuko•6m ago

I got freaked out by the mere fact that I got a billing alert, since getting one would require my monthly spend to have suddenly exploded.

josefdlange•9m ago

Well, no coffee needed this morning.

$103,515,940,301.79

sscaryterry•8m ago

Vibe coding billing systems is a top-notch idea :)

ruddct•7m ago

If you owe the bank $100, that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.

dv_dt•7m ago

Cynically I wonder if this has an outcome as an unintentional (or intentional) anchoring exercise for future cost increases

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