AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion

	AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion
	1205 points by nprateem 1 day ago \| 711 comments
	tl;dr: An AWS user reports their estimated monthly bill spiked to $1.7 billion despite normal usage typically under $5, and has filed an urgent support ticket. AWS's status page is referenced alongside a Reddit thread where others appear to be experiencing similar billing anomalies, suggesting a widespread issue with AWS's estimated billing data.
	HN Discussion: ↑Insider explains this is a known unit conversion bug (GB vs Bytes) in AWS billing ↑Users share personal shock and humor at receiving absurd billing amounts •Jokes about scale of the bill and negotiating repayment with AWS ↑Recounting past AWS billing errors that were harder to resolve, questioning reliability •Broader observation about silent billing/pricing bugs affecting customers unnoticed