Hi, Since yesterday, I have had a sudden increase in charges for the Gemini API. When I check the billing reports, it shows “Generate content cached content storage token hours gemini 2.5 pro” as the SKU resulting for those charges. I have disabled the API, yet the charges are increasing. How can I…

Keep an eye on it…mine started on the 5th as well and I’m getting hit with over $300 a day now. [image]

Hi @Doug_Montgomery , @Doug_Montgomery Welcome to the Forum, Please contact the cloud billing support team as they would be the best people to help you. Get Cloud Billing support | Support Documentation | Google Cloud . Thank you!

Hi @ahmedac @Doug_Montgomery , While the Cloud Billing Support team is the right channel for investigating the charges, providing specific technical details helps them to resolve the issue faster. Based on the information you shared, the SKU "Generate content cached content storage token hours gem…

I have no caches active. In fact, here’s how messed up the billing situation is… 2 screenshots… (actually 3) One from yesterday when I was talking with the billing support team and another from today… Yesterday it was showing billing and charges for the 8th and today that billing and charges is…

[image] I’m having the same issue. I sent an API request with the same distribution, and while I received a normal billing on September 1st, I was charged an absurd rate for SKU 01AD96-3C48C7-152263 (Generate content, cached content storage token hours, gemini 2.5 pro) on September 14th and 15th. …

Hey, did you get anywhere with it? We are having the same issue

Same here, 1334% increase over 3rd to 5th September. But for us it was “Generate content input token count Gemini 2.5 Pro short input text” going up without apparent reason. [image]

Same issue here, for the period 16 through 18 September, The costs are for “Generate content cached content storage token hours gemini 2.5 pro” - and our apparent usage is “675,991,468.96 hour”. Last month it was only £98 for the entire month, this is a 9938% increase over that for only three day…

Same issue here too. Noticed a spike, then a drop, and today again a massive spike. It’s all related to Generate content cached content storage token hours gemini 2.5 pro on mine.

Sudden increase in charges of Gemini API

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Doug_Montgomery September 11, 2025, 2:20pm 9

@chunduriv @ahmedac

How’s this one for you?
This morning I’m down to REAL costs… $13.19.
Now, how do I get the refund for the over charges?

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