An AWS billing bug sent users estimated charges of up to $2.5 trillion
17-07-2026 20:21 via thenextweb.com

An AWS billing bug sent users estimated charges of up to $2.5 trillion

AWS users woke up Friday to find estimated billing emails showing charges ranging from hundreds of millions to $2.5 trillion. A unit pricing error in the AWS Billing Console’s estimated billing computation subsystem was the cause, Amazon confirmed. One Reddit user whose charges totalled $0.19 last month received an estimated bill of nearly $2.5 billion. […]
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