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AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion

1043 pointsby nprateemyesterday at 9:42 AM638 commentsview on HN

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_s...


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bdangubicyesterday at 3:52 PM

I just invested ALL my money into AMZN cause next earnings report will be FIRE :)

tgvyesterday at 11:42 AM

Mine was a mere $49B. Fucking idiots.

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tamimioyesterday at 3:32 PM

Results of vibe coding and vibe configurations.

maptyesterday at 11:57 AM

AMZN Q2 numbers are in, and it turns out they're going to Goldman Sachs the AI bubble.

reaperduceryesterday at 3:11 PM

Obvs have created an urgent AWS support ticket.

I think I would have just waited to see what happened when AWS tried to hit my credit card for $1,700,000,000.

When do you ever get that opportunity?

anon49584yesterday at 3:54 PM

Imagine the chaos if, as people sometimes suggest should happen, AWS shut down running instances in accounts that exceeded a billing threshold..

mrcwinnyesterday at 2:57 PM

So long as customers are good for it, AWS is about to crush earnings!

xbaryesterday at 2:30 PM

Rife.

tcp_handshakeryesterday at 2:29 PM

If its less than 2 billion is likely to be real :-) I would relax only if its in the trillions ...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48945681

nprateemyesterday at 12:30 PM

I guess on the plus side I'm $1.7B better off so I can retire...

znpyyesterday at 12:42 PM

Is AWS in their "move fast and break things" era ?

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cyanydeezyesterday at 10:39 AM

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.

hokkosyesterday at 10:56 AM

Same, i am now a slave to Jeff Bezos to the end of my life.

tcp_handshakeryesterday at 2:05 PM

Three billion dollars sounds about right for a free week of Kiro in the default Agentic mode. We usually see slightly higher numbers, so I wouldn’t be too concerned.

pelagicAustralyesterday at 11:42 AM

Imagine it not being a bug...

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jatin_oo71yesterday at 2:17 PM

storage, compute cost is increasing AWS be like lets increase prices

artisinalyesterday at 5:32 PM

File a GDPR request to have your account deleted.

Then flee the country just to be sure.

tlovageyesterday at 10:04 AM

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

lovichyesterday at 11:56 AM

You really should get your spending under control. Unfortunately unless you become one of the real people class through a large lottery, it sounds like you owe the rest of your life to AWS until you can pay off your debts for being so careless.

cyanydeezyesterday at 11:25 AM

someones been dognfooding the AI too muxh

jatin_oo71yesterday at 2:26 PM

aws becoming first quadrillion dollars company

huntoayesterday at 3:25 PM

invoicemaxxing

steve1977yesterday at 2:33 PM

I mean 3 billion USD is clearly too big to fail, so I wouldn't worry too much

ohnooooooooooyesterday at 12:47 PM

did it recover for you? I still see billions

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lightedmanyesterday at 1:38 PM

Literal basic fucking math, Amazon.

You don't need hours to recalculate billing. You need to go back to basic algebra.

Anyone using Amazon and dealing with this should be moving away from their services because something this basic going wrong means the correct people are not at the helm of the ship.

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1-6yesterday at 3:03 PM

Fast and loose with billing data. Welcome to the new Amazon.

ratelimitsteveyesterday at 2:38 PM

a billion here, a billion there, sooner or later it adds up

1234letshaveatwyesterday at 2:18 PM

brb, off to buy some AMZN

ares623yesterday at 10:57 AM

this counts towards ARR right? would be stupid not to

rucuryyesterday at 10:27 AM

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

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r0ckarongyesterday at 11:00 AM

Pff rookie numbers, mine was 375 billion.

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kylecazaryesterday at 11:36 AM

You didn't have savings opportunities enabled

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gib444yesterday at 11:59 AM

Maybe they accidentally used the Argentine peso ;)

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benzingtechyesterday at 8:12 PM

you too with Fable huh?

aisloperyesterday at 3:20 PM

I blame A.I. usage

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bdangubicyesterday at 11:59 AM

eh your typical off-by-7 (zeros) programmer mistake

cliglotyesterday at 3:43 PM

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endless_smashyesterday at 10:33 AM

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blitzaryesterday at 11:55 AM

In unrelated news I just hit my target for S3 revenue (projections). Promotion meeting locked in for tomorrow (fastest in the companies history), looking forward to being a L2 Amazon employee.

lanceroyyyesterday at 9:14 PM

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jimwilsonyesterday at 2:34 PM

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GuestFAUniverseyesterday at 10:48 AM

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.

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throwaway43871yesterday at 3:45 PM

Clearly they weren't tokenmaxxing hard enough or weren't using the latest models /s.

What an absolute joke. All just so that line goes up. As if their fees weren't high enough vs. alternatives (especially egress). And I'm sure the pro-AI crowd will keep saying we're luddites for not loving this clearly revolutionary and disruptive tech.

rf15yesterday at 3:17 PM

Of course, this is only considered an error if the account is unable to pay. /s

supersoftwareyesterday at 1:07 PM

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