User reports $35,000 of Gemini API charges racked up in 3 hours
aaghashm · reddit · 2026-10-08
A user posted on r/googlecloud claiming their Gemini API racked up $35,000 in charges within 3 hours and is asking the community for help. The post only links to the original thread and doesn't yet reveal details (key leak, missing quota caps, etc.), but it's a stark reminder of the importance of key management and billing alerts when deploying AI APIs in production.
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