Astra kept burning credits after limit hit, costing one user hundreds of dollars in an hour
maxxrubin_ · x · 2026-10-13
User maxxrubin reports that Astra didn't pause when his plan usage ran out — it kept generating pixel-art sprites and burned hundreds of dollars worth of credits in under an hour. He asks why there's no option to pause at a usage threshold, while praising the newly added detailed usage analytics (screenshot included).
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