If I use Gemini CLI for a week using it similarly from day to day, averaging $20-30 a day, What would be the cause of a single $394 item one day? I suspect it got caught in a loop in the background. I just remember getting an email on the morning of July 19th saying I had used 80% of my $100 alert, and then I decided to used it less. By mid afternoon I got an email saying I was at 150% usage. The next morning Google charged my bank account $100 and $200. I could see I still had $80 available so I used it very sparingly for the rest of the month. My total bill after all this was over $600 last month and according to the bill one prompt alone was $394.
I’m attempting to get a refund because it’s obviously not my usage, as I did not uploads the Library of Alexandria on July 19th. Aside from not eating for the next week while watching for Google to either issue a refund or gaslight me — has anyone else noticed that sometimes it can cost a fortune instead of just a few dollars? Is this normal?
