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6/25/2026
AWS bill spikes to $

AWS bill spikes to $

Original: My app didn't go "viral". My AWS bill did.

Short summary

An author debugged a surprising $31 AWS bill for a low-traffic app using Claude and Amazon Q, discovering the real culprit was a different AI agent project on the same account. The post explores how CloudTrail, token analysis, and complementary AI tools solved a cost attribution mystery.

  • •Built free learning-path tool (Clew Directive) received 14 visits but AWS charged $31
  • •Debugging revealed the bill came from a different project (vigil-crest Telegram agent) running on the same account
  • •Used CloudTrail data, token cost patterns, and Claude's code reasoning to solve the mystery

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