Which Unexpected AWS Charge Did Your Alerts Miss?

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Have you found an AWS charge that your existing budgets or monitoring did not flag early enough? What made it difficult to spot?

This thread collects specific billing surprises and alerting lessons, rather than repeating a general cost-reduction guide.

• Which service and usage pattern were involved?
• Was the charge linked to a deployment, data transfer, retention or an idle resource?
• Which view or signal finally identified the cause?
• What alert, owner or review process did you change afterward?

Please omit account IDs, credentials and private billing screenshots. Exact amounts are optional; avoid claiming savings you have not measured.

For the broader troubleshooting process, see How to Reduce High AWS Bills.