--- title: Ask HN: Any AWS billing issues known? Amazon forecast of... description: A developer received an AWS Budgets alert forecasting a $3 billion charge on an account that has been largely inactive for a year. The perfectly uniform daily... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ask-hn-any-aws-billing-issues-known-amazon-forecast-of-3-billion-dollars-vi34nhqow twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ask HN: Any AWS billing issues known? Amazon forecast of 3 billion dollars | daily.dev og:description: A developer received an AWS Budgets alert forecasting a $3 billion charge on an account that has been largely inactive for a year. The perfectly uniform daily... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ask-hn-any-aws-billing-issues-known-amazon-forecast-of-3-billion-dollars-vi34nhqow og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Vi34nhqOW.png og:image:alt: Ask HN: Any AWS billing issues known? 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