€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key accessing Gemini APIs

Re:€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key ... by sofixa on Thursday April 16, 2026 @11:37AM (#47794888)

If that happens, you create a support ticket and AWS/GCP/Azure wave it, especially the first time. They're aware that billing per usage can have surprise effects, but at the same time they don't want to kill their customers' workloads and delete their data, so it is what it is.

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Re:€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key ... by benterix on Thursday April 16, 2026 @11:41AM (#47794964)

Here, I corrected that for you:

> you create a support ticket and spend sleepless night praying that AWS/GCP/Azure wave it

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Re:€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key ... by Leomuck on Thursday April 16, 2026 @11:55AM (#47795228)

Exactly! I know, some of those companies sometimes refund you, but if your livelihood depends on it..? That's a crazy situation to be in as a mere developer.

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Re:€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key ... by lotsofpulp on Thursday April 16, 2026 @12:19PM (#47795681)

I would prefer they waive it.

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Re:€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key ... by gettingoverit on Thursday April 16, 2026 @04:18PM (#47798944)

It's quite easy to check responses to other customers in other threads there, and somehow I see quite a lot of "oh, go to that other support" and ghosting.

If you create support ticket on hacker news, then yes, you will probably get it waved. It's somewhat sad that HN is their support forum now.

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Re:€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key ... by ButlerianJihad on Thursday April 16, 2026 @07:39PM (#47800892)

Send me a PDF of your bill, and I will happily print out 10 copies so I can wave them all above my head

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